Neil Metcalfe from Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

 is a retired competitive swimmer. Metcalfe is a silver medalist from the 1990 Commonwealth Games

1990 Commonwealth Games

The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January-3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo,...

 in Auckland

Auckland

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. He remains one of only a handful of UK swimmers to complete the 50 metre long course in under 23 seconds.

Swimming career

Coached by Terry Denison at home town club, City of Leeds, the highest distinction of Metcalfe's career was the 1990 Commonwealth games in Auckland when he gained a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. His team mates were Austyn Shortman, Mike Fibbens

Mike Fibbens

Michael Wenham Fibbens is an English swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 .-References:* * *...

, Mark Foster

Mark Foster (swimmer)

Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....

 & City of Leeds club mate Steven Dronsfield. Metcalfe also swam at the European Long course championship at Ponds Forge

Ponds Forge

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is a leisure complex in the City of Sheffield, England that contains an Olympic-sized swimming pool with seating for 2,600 spectators, family and kids pools, water slides and other sports facilities.-Brief history:...

 pool in Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 in 1993.

Metcalfe missed out on a place for the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 in Barcelona in circumstances of some controversy. Metcalfe achieved the qualification time and came second in the UK Olympic trials behind Foster. However Metcalfe missed out due to Fibbens having been pre-selected for winning a bronze from Swimming at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships

Swimming at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships

The swimming events of the 1991 European Aquatics Championships were held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens, Greece which also hosted the swimming competition during the 2004 Summer Olympics.-50 m freestyle:-100 m freestyle:-200 m freestyle:...

. The subject was later raised again by James Parrack

James Parrack

James Parrack is an English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer.As a breaststroke swimmer, he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games on Seoul and England at the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games, picking up silver at the 1990 games.Parrack currently commentates on swimming...

 in his April 2004 column in Swimming magazine.

At national level Metcalfe was the 50 metre freestyle short course champion in 1993 to add to being national champion in numerous relay events.

Life outside swimming

Neil Metcalfe works in IT Incident Management

Incident management

Incident Management refers to the activities of an organization to identify, analyze and correct hazards. For instance, a fire in a factory would be a risk that realized, or an incident that happened...

. He and his partner have one son. Metcalfe plays golf and is a fan of Leeds United.