Swimming
Date of Birth: 12/04/1990
Lives: Southport, Merseyside
Born: Southport, Merseyside
Coach: Colin Stripe
Major Results
2009 World Championships, Rome, 100m freestyle silver
2009 World Championships, Rome, 4x200m Medley Relay, 4th
2008 World Championships, Manchester, 100m freestyle silver
2008 World Championships, Manchester, 50m freestyle bronze
2008 World Championships, Manchester, 4x100m freestyle bronze
2008 World Championships, Manchester, 4x100m medley bronze
2007 European Championships, Hungary, 4x100m medley gold
2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, 4x100m freestyle silver
2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, 4x100m medley silver
Career Summary
City of Liverpool swimmer Francesca Halsall competed in five events in her Olympic debut in Beijing: 50m freestyle 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x200m freestyle relay.
Aged 19, Fran had a hugely successful junior career and has firmly established herself as one of Great Britain’s most exciting talents. It has been a year to remember for the swimmer from Southport, who won four medals at the FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester in March 2008, set the 100m freestyle British record at the Olympic trials and also won a European relay gold at the end of 2007.
Fran is mentored on the Atos Origin ‘Champion and Challengers’ scheme by 2004 Olympic 200m butterfly bronze medallist Stephen Parry.