Commonwealth Games 2022: All the athletes from Birmingham set to compete this summer
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The last Commonwealth Games took place on Australia’s Gold Coast four years ago.
This year they will be held in Birmingham across 11 days between Thursday 28 July and Monday 8 August. It is the third time the games has been hosted in England, having previously been held in Manchester in 2002 and London in 1934.
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These are the athletes from or near Birmingham who will be representing their home town at the games.
Adam Peaty OBE
Date of Birth: 28 December 1994
Age: 27
Place of birth: Uttoxeter
Sport: Swimming
About: In 2014 he won two gold medals for Team England in the 100m breaststroke and the 4x100m medal relay. Since then he has gone on to win 16 European titles and three Olympic Gold Medals.
He specialises in the breaststroke and is the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title.
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Eboni Usoro-Brown
Date of Birth: 4 February 1988
Age: 34
Place of Birth: Solihull
Sport: Netball
About: Eboni plays the defender position and goalkeeper in the Queensland Firebirds team. She is also a law graduate. She has appeared in three Commonwealth Games since 2008 and three world cups.
She won a gold medal at the Gold Coast games in 2018 then gave birth to her daughter in 2020.
Elliot Giles
Date of Birth: 26 May 1994
Age: 28
Place of Birth: Birmingham
Sport: Athletics
About: Elliot is part of the Birchfield Harriers Club and a middle distance runner.
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Hide AdHe is an eight-time British champion and has competed in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Giles won the bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships.
He set a new British Record for the 800m indoors in February 2021 when he was in Poland.
Jaswant Shergill
Date of Birth: 14 January 1993
Age: 29
Place of Birth: Birmingham
Sport: Weightlifting
About: Jaswant made his debut in 2014 and won the 67kg category at the British Championships in 2019.
He is a teacher by day but still competes professionally.
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Joe Fraser
Date of Birth: 6 December 1998
Age: 23
Place of Birth: Birmingham
Sport: Gymnastics
About: Joe is the first British person to win World Champion Gold on the parallel bars - he achieved this in 2019.
He came fourth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the team event.
Fraser has been part of the British Senior Team since 2017.
He won silver in the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships with his team.
Kelly Petersen-Pollard
Date of Birth: 30 April 1999
Age: 23
Place of Birth: Sutton Coldfield
Sport: Judo
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Hide AdAbout: Kelly won three bronze medals in the IJF Grand Slams over the past two years. She is a European Junior Champion.
She competes in the 70KG category and started learning the sport at just age 4.
Kelly entered the senior European Championships in 2022 and came seventh.
Laura Unsworth
Date of Birth: 8 March 1988
Age: 34
Place of Birth: Sutton Coldfield
Sport: Hockey
About: She made her international debut in 2008 and has three Olympic medals. She is the UK’s most decorated hockey player.
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Laura competed in the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze and a silver medal.
Layla Guscoth
Date of birth: 2 March 1992
Age: 30
Place of Birth: Birmingham
Sport: Netball
About: Layla is a doctor by day, who volunteered for shifts during the coronavirus pandemic. She plays for the Team Bath Netball team and will be representing England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Layle was part of the England team who won a bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup.
Niall Farrell
Date of Birth: 6 September 1997
Age: 24
Place of Birth: Birmingham
Sport: Boxing
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Hide AdAbout: Niall has a European silver medal from 2017 but an injury has meant that he has not been able to compete for the past three years.
He competes in the flyweight category and boxes with the Kingstanding 2nd City ABC.
Sarah- Jane Perry
Date of Birth: 15 May 1990
Age: 32
Place of Birth Birmingham
Sport: Squash
About: Sarah received her first medal at the Commonwealth Games four years ago at the Gold Coast.
She reached the ranking of number 5th in the world in 2020.
Sarah was part of the England Team in 2013 when they won the European Squash Championships.
Stacey Francis-Bayman
Date of Birth: 1 January 1988
Age: 34
Place of Birth: Birmingham
Sport: Netball
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Hide AdAbout: Stacey has over 70 caps and has won five Super League titles with Team Bath.
She was part of the England teams who won bronze medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
In 2013 she was named the Netball Superleague Player of the Season.
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