David Roberts

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Roberts
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	May 25, 1980(1980-05-25)
Age	44
Birthplace	Llantwit Fardre
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Llantwit Fardre
Horoscope	Gemini

David Roberts Biography

David Roberts is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on May 25, 1980 in Llantwit Fardre, Llantwit Fardre, United Kingdom. David Evan Roberts CBE (born 25 May 1980), is a Welsh swimmer. An eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist, he is one of Great Britain’s most successful Paralympians ever.

Roberts won his first IPC World Swimming Championship medals in Mar Del Plata, Argentina in December 2002. He won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze.

His second experience of Paralympic action came at the Athens 2004 Summer Paralympics. Here David won four golds and one silver. His medals came in the following events:

Penn Pharmaceuticals were the first corporate sponsor of David, from 2008 to date

At the 2001 European Disabled Swimming Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, David won five gold medals including a clean sweep of the S7 50 m, 100 m and 400 m freestyle events.

David Roberts Net Worth

David Roberts is one of the richest Swimmer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Roberts 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His first represented Wales in competition in Glasgow in 1993. His first major competition for Great Britain was at the 1999 European Disabled swimming Championships in Braunschweig, Germany where he won all four of his races. He competed in his first Paralympic Games in Sydney in the summer of 2000. Here he won an impressive haul of seven medals.

His achievements at the 2000 and 2004 Paralympics, alongside his previous successes for Great Britain, earned David an MBE for his services to disabled sport in the Queen’s New Years Honours. He received his award from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in March 2005. He also made it onto the shortlist of the 2004 BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Award which was won by Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.

The Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games saw Elite Athletes with Disabilities (EAD) competing alongside able-bodied athletes at a major competition for the first time. David was the only disabled swimmer from Great Britain to win a medal, taking the bronze in the men’s multi disability 100 m freestyle.

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Who is David Roberts Dating?

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He achieved selection for his third consecutive Paralympics in May 2008 by being named as part of the squad to attend the Beijing Paralympics.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. David Roberts celebrates birthday on May 25 of every year.

The first half of 2008 saw David set new world records for the S7 50 m, 100 m, 200 m and 400 m freestyle events in the space of six weeks. He retained his S7 50 m freestyle World record off Great Britain rival Matthew Walker in April at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield setting a new time of 27.67. At the same event he lowered his S7 100 m freestyle world record to a new time of 1:00.34.

What ethnicity is David Roberts?

The son of a Japanese mother and African American father , Roberts became the first manager of Asian heritage to lead a team to the World Series in 2017, when the Dodgers captured the National League pennant. He also led the Dodgers to the World Series in 2018 and 2020, winning in the latter year.

Is David Roberts dead?

August 20, 2021

Where does Gregory David Roberts live now?

The book initially appeared as a “true story”, but in 2015 Roberts – who now lives in Jamaica, calls himself a spiritual seeker, and has recently released a reggae album (the first of what he promises will be many) – reframed it and its sequel The Mountain Shadow as “novels, not autobiographies”, admitting that “all of …

How much is Dave Roberts salary?

He earned $6.5 million in 2021, per Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register. “We’re moving forward. Hopefully we can get it done sooner rather than later. I think we’re really close,” Roberts said via Zoom on March 11.

Where did Dave Roberts go to college?

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