Paul Easter

Who is Paul Easter?

Paul Easter is a retired freestyle swimmer from Scotland where he swam for Warrender Baths Club. He also swam for Arizona State University while studying there. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain; in the 1984 and in the 1988 games. In 1984 he claimed the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Neil Cochran, Andrew Astbury, and Paul Howe.

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 and a bronze medal in the 4x100 metre medlay relay. He represented Great Britain at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He also swam for Scotland in the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He swam for Great Britain in the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. In 1983 he broke eight Scottish records and represented Great Britain in an international swimming match against 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 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.