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Arizona State University.
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Paul Easter
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He was freestyle swimmer, and swam for Warrender Baths Club in Edinburgh. He also swam for City of Swansea swimming club and Arizona State University while studying there. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain.
In the 1984 (Los Angeles, California) and in the 1988 (Seoul, South of Korea) games.
In 1984 he claimed the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Neil Cochran, Andrew Astbury, and Paul Howe. He represented Great Britain at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
In 1983 he broke eight Scottish records, was named the outstanding swimmer at the British short-course championships in Cardiff and represented Great Britain in an international swimming matches against Holland, Russia and Canada. In 1984 he broke the Scottish 100 and 200 m freestyle and 200 m butterfly records before winning his bronze medal at the Olympics.
In 2012 Easter was a police officer at the Nottinghamshire Police.
He was the dive team leader in the underwater-search unit In 2014 Easter occasionally coached swimming at Nottingham Leander Swimming Club.
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Easter won six Scottish swimming championships and broke eight Scottish swimming records in 1982. He swam for Great Britain in the European Cup and competed for Scotland in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia where he won a bronze medal in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay with Neil Cochran, Douglas Campbell and Graeme Wilson and a bronze medal in the 4x100 metre medlay relay with Douglas Campbell, Iain Cambell and William McGoldrick. In 1985 he broke the Scottish 200 m freestyle record again and won the 400 m freestyle and 200 m butterfly championships. He was selected to swim for Scotland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games but had to withdraw because of illness.
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United Kingdom