Oliver Hynd

Oliver Hynd, known as Ollie, is an MBE born on 27 October 1994 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and a British swimmer who competed in the Paralympics as a class 8 swimmer, having neuromuscular myopathy and associated limb deformities. After reclassification in 2018 he moved into the S9 class while remaining in SB8 for breaststroke. He made his international debut at the 2011 IPC European Championships. He won gold in the SM8 200 metre individual medley at the 2012 London Paralympics, and at Rio in 2016 won gold in his opening event, the 400 metre freestyle S8, beating the world record in the final, and in his closing event, the 200 metre individual medley SM8, setting a new world record.