Full Name: Sarah Joanne Bailey

Birthday: 26th October

Main Events: 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 200m Individual Medley, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 50m freestyle

Best moments in swimming: winning the 100m backstroke on international debut, aged 14, being Great Britain's most successful medallist at the 1996
Paralympics and winning the 100m freestyle at the 2002 World championships

Greatest honour: receiving the MBE from Her Majesty The Queen in the 1998 New Years Honours List

Lowest point: being ill at the 1998 World Championships and not winning a gold medal

Current training venue: Manchester's Commonwealth Pool and David Lloyd gym near the Trafford Centre

Favourite place to train abroad: Australia

Number of Paralympics attended: 3 - Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000

Favourite Food: Italian

Favourite drink: water

Sponsors:

DAVID LLOYD, Manchester Barton Embankment, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 8RH

MAXIMUSCLE LTD, 40 Caxton Way, Watford Business Park, Watford, Herts WD1 8QZ