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MILLFIELD SWIMMING

DUNCAN GOODHEW MBE
2 OLYMPIC GAMES (1976-1980)
GOLD AND BRONZE OLYMPIC MEDALLIST
“There’s not a day that goes past in which my life has not been
enriched, changed and built by what happened at this fine school.”

MARK FOSTER MBE
OLYMPIAN,
WORLD, EUROPEAN,
COMMONWEALTH
CHAMPION
INTERNATIONAL HALL OF
MEDAL COUNT
(19 GOLD, 13 SILVER,
19 BRONZE) FAME
“I did not retire until I was 38
because my foundation was so JAMES GUY MBE
strong, that was Millfield! When (2008-2017)
you are put in an environment Old Millfieldian swimming champions, OLYMPIC MEDALLIST,
with world class coaches and WORLD, EUROPEAN,
facilities anything is possible.” past and present COMMONWEALTH
CHAMPION
BATH NTC
CAMERON KURLE (2008-2017) INTERNATIONAL
OLYMPIAN AND COMMONWEALTH AND EUROPEAN MEDAL COUNT
MEDALLIST, STIRLING NTC, INTERNATIONAL SENIOR (9 GOLD, 10 SILVER,
MEDAL COUNT (1 GOLD, 1 SILVER) 7 BRONZE)
“Being from Glastonbury, Millfield was the natural choice for me to realise “My time at Millfield was
my dream of being an Olympian. I joined Millfield Prep in Year 7 and made sensational, it prepared me
the Olympic team as an Upper Sixth student. The supportive, positive, for the real world after school.
and aspirational environment was exactly what I needed as a late The support I had from the
developerand the holistic approach made sure that I developed as a person first and foremost.” staff was second to none,
travelling around the world all
the time and trying to study
EMMA HARVEY was always going to be a
(2015-2019) OLYMPIAN challenge, but with the one to
INTERNATIONAL ones and great communication
SWIMMER FOR BERMUDA I managed both. The coaching
ATTENDED PENN STATE staff for Millfield Swimming
UNIVERSITY and strength and conditioning
are probably one of the best
“At Millfield, there are so in the world. The work and
many people who are trying programme provided by
MIA PHIRI to achieve excellence in whatever their field, sport, Millfield Swimming got me to
(2019-2021) OLYMPIAN music, academics, that it breeds people that want to medal at the biggest event in
INTERNATIONAL achieve at that level. I was well prepared to go to a US the world, the Olympics.”
SWIMMER FOR ZAMBIA University, coming from this environment.”
“Millfield gave me the
foundation to swim at the
highest level. Motivated
teammates and world-class
coaches set standards that BRODIE WILLIAMS (2015-2020)
pushed me to become the best EUROPEAN CHAMPION – BATH NTC
version of myself, which played INTERNATIONAL MEDAL COUNT (1 GOLD)
a key role in my selection for the
Olympic Games in Paris.” “Millfield was like working with a family of friends trying to get the best
out of everyone for the benefit of the team. Everyone had similar goals
and the aim was to help each other in reaching theirs. The support from
the coaches, teachers and pastoral team was outstanding.”

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