David Cumberlidge

David Cumberlidge (born 16 July 1996) is an English swimmer who won a silver medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, and a gold medal in the 50m freestyle event at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

David Cumberlidge

Personal information
Citizenship	British
Born	(1996-07-16) 16 July 1996 (age 29)
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)[1]
Sport
Country	Great Britain  England
Sport	Swimming
University team	University of Edinburgh
Achievements and titles
National finals	2018
Commonwealth finals	2018
Medal record Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Representing  Great Britain Summer Universiade 2019 Naples 50 m freestyle

Career

Cumberlidge gave up swimming at the age of 14, but returned to swimming aged 17.^[1] In 2015, Cumberlidge joined the University of Edinburgh swimming team.^[1] Cumberlidge won the 50m freestyle event at the 2016 and 2017 British Summer Championships. His 2017 time of 22.03 was a personal best, the fourth best time ever by a Briton, and quicker than the qualifying time for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[2] Cumberlidge won the 50m freestyle event at the 2018 British Swimming Championships in Edinburgh.^[3]

Cumberlidge, Ben Proud, Jarvis Parkinson, and James Guy won a silver medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Cumberlidge swam the opening split in 49.28 seconds.^[4] Cumberlidge also came fourth in the individual 50m freestyle event.^[5] Cumberlidge won a gold in the 50m freestyle event at the 2019 Summer Universiade.^[6] He was the fourth British swimmer in history to go under 22 seconds.^[1] He was part of the Swim England Performance Squad for the 2021–22 season.^[7]

Personal life

As of 2021, Cumberlidge was a student of geothermal energy at the University of Edinburgh.^[8]