British Swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200m backstroke at the FINA World Championships. She is the first person from Great Britain to win a World Championship.
She was a student at Springfield School and competed in the European Youth Olympics in 1995.
She was named ambassador of the Swimming Teachers' Association in 2011.
She has been married.
She and Hungary's Krisztina Egerszegi are both World Champions in the 200m backstroke.
