Career
Formerly ranked in the World top 20 in the 200 metres Freestyle, he is a current professional Swimming Coach for The Royal Wolverhampton School Swimming Club. Spackman qualified for and competed in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games qualifying from the British Championships (Olympic Trials) in July 2000 for the Great Britain Olympic Team. Spackman competed alongside strong competitors and Olympians Paul Palmer and James Salter (both Olympic finalists in their own right).
The team qualified for the Olympic final from the heats in 7:16.98 and placing fifth in 7:12.54 (a new British Record and fifth fastest all time) missing out on a medal by 0.2 hundredths of a second.
Spackman competed for the City of Lincoln Pentaqua from 1983 to 1997 and the University of Bath 1997-2003 both under Great Britain Olympic team Head Coach, Ian Turner. After ending his swimming career in 2003, he studied Art and Design foundation degree at the City of Bath College and advanced to Nottingham Trent University to study Graphic Design graduating in 2006 with honours.
During University Spackman began coaching at the Lincoln Vulcans swimming club, initially as Assistant Coach and then as Head Coach in 2006. In 2009, he moved on to the Borough of Harrow South Carolina (formerly Harrow and Wealdstone Swimming Club) and more recently became the Elite Coach at the Royal School.
Elizabeth Simmonds - Olympic Finalist, European & British Record holder Sophie Allen - Olympian, European Junior Silver medallist & British Junior Record holder Robert Welbourn - Paralympic Gold medallist, World, European & British Record holder Great Britain World Cup Tour November 2008 (Stockholm/Berlin) Beijing Olympics August 2008 (BOA 2012) European Junior Championships July 2008 (Belgrade) World Championships April 2008 (Manchester) European Junior Championships July 2007 (Antwerp) World Championships March 2007 (Melbourne) European Senior Championships August 2006 (Budapest) European Junior Championships July 2006 (Majorca).
