David Hill
David was told by his parents when a child,
That he “could do anything [he] wanted to,
no matter [his] ability.” They lived near sea,
So they taught him to swim as a small kid.
He loved it, and his first Para discipline,
Was swimming, so in the backstroke 100m,
He reached the final in Athens 2004, in S9,
And won many medals at the Worlds, Euros.
He then joined the GB para-triathlon squad,
In 2013 and became known in this event,
‘Cos he raced in almost every international,
And his clocked up fast speeds and times.
In 2016, the Lisbon ETU Triathlon Euros,
David finished in 01:03:47 in class PT4;
In the Strathclyde ITU World Paratriathlon,
David raced a time of 01:03:14, hot stuff.
In the Besançon ITU World Paratriathlon,
He made 59.35, and in the GBR Nationals,
He raced in 01:02:43. In Rio he was tenth,
With a time of 01:08:38, 1 hour, 8 minutes.
Born without a lower left arm, he works,
As a joiner, and his most favourite movie,
Is Finding Nemo ‘cos of the swimming.
His favourite film actor is Robin Williams.
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