{{short description|British Paralympic swimmer}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Oliver Hynd<br /><small>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}}}</small> | image = Ollie Oliver Hynd cropped.jpg | image_size = <!-- Use only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = Hynd with his Disabled Sportsperson of the Year award in February 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|10|27}} | birth_place = | height = {{convert|1.75|m}} | weight = | country = {{GBR}} | sport = swimming | education = Ashfield School | club = {{nowrap|Nova Centurion Swim Club,}} Mansfield | turnedpro = | coach = Glenn Smith | disability_class = S9/SM8/SB9 | retired = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | paralympics = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCount |Paralympic Games|3|2|1 |World Championships|4|0|2 |European Championships|6|4|0 |Commonwealth Games|1|0|0 }} {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalGold | 2012 London | SM8 200 m individual medley}} {{MedalSilver | 2012 London | S8 400 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 2012 London | S8 100 m backstroke}} {{MedalGold | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | S8 400 m freestyle}} {{MedalGold | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | SM8 200 m individual medley}} {{MedalCompetition|IPC World Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2013 Montreal | 200 m medley SM8}} {{MedalGold| 2013 Montreal | 400 m freestyle S8}} {{MedalGold| 2015 Glasgow | 200 m medley SM8}} {{MedalGold| 2015 Glasgow | 400 m freestyle S8}} {{MedalBronze| 2013 Montreal | 100 m backstroke S8}} {{MedalBronze| 2015 Glasgow | 100 m backstroke S8}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2011 Berlin | 200 m individual medley S8}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Berlin | 400 m freestyle S8}} {{MedalGold|2014 Eindhoven|400M freestyle S8}} {{MedalGold|2014 Eindhoven|200M medley SM8}} {{MedalGold|2016 Funchal|400m freestyle S8}} {{MedalGold | 2016 Funchal | 100 m backstroke – S8}} {{MedalGold | 2016 Funchal | 200 m ind. medley SM8}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Eindhoven|4x100m medley 34pts}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Funchal|100m freestyle S8}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Funchal |4x100m freestyle relay 34pts}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold| 2014 Glasgow | 200 m medley SM8}} }} '''Oliver William Hynd''' MBE, known as '''Ollie''',<ref name="chad award"/> (born 27 October 1994 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)<ref>GRO reference: November 1994, Register Number A16D, District and SubDistrict 6871A, Entry Number 119</ref> is a British swimmer. He competed in the Paralympics as a class 8 swimmer, having neuromuscular myopathy and associated limb deformities.<ref name="Channel4">{{cite web |url=http://paralympics.channel4.com/the-athletes/athleteid=16384/index.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130511142909/http://paralympics.channel4.com/the-athletes/athleteid=16384/index.html|archive-date= 11 May 2013 |title=Oliver Hynd |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=24 October 2025 }}</ref> In 2018, following reclassification protocols, Hynd moved into the S9 class, but remained in SB8 for breaststroke.
== Career progress == Hynd made his international debut at the 2011 IPC European Championships where he won the 200 m individual medley, beating his older brother Sam's previous European record.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eleanor Simmonds denied gold at IPC European Championships |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/14096301 |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=9 July 2011}}</ref> In the 400 m freestyle, he finished in second place just behind brother Sam.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-14044569 |title=Mother's pride for swimming sons Sam and Oliver Hynd |work=BBC News |date=7 July 2011 |access-date=30 August 2012 }}</ref> These results led to Hynd collecting the Junior Disabled Sportsperson Award from his local district council.<ref>"Ashfield district honours the success of its sporting stars." ''Chad'', 30 November 2011, p.104. Accessed 24 October 2025</ref>
Hynd won a gold medal in the SM8 200m individual medley at the 2012 London Paralympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/19495172 |title=Paralympics 2012: Oliver Hynd wins sixth GB swimming gold |work=BBC Sport |date=5 September 2012 |access-date=5 September 2012 }}</ref> He also claimed a silver in the S8 men's 400m freestyle<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 400m Freestyle - S8 (Final)|url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/event/men-400m-freestyle-s8/phase=swm168100/index.html|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=11 August 2022|archive-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902202406/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/event/men-400m-freestyle-s8/phase=swm168100/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a bronze in the S8 men's 100m backstroke.<ref>{{cite web |title=ParalympicsGB's London 2012 medal roll of honour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/19427945 |website=BBC Sport |date=30 August 2012 |access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref>
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to swimming.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=25 |supp=y }}</ref><ref>[https://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/NY2013-honours-London-2012.pdf ] Cabinet Office</ref>
In 2015, Hynd was awarded the ''Disabled Sportsperson of the Year'' accolade at the Nottinghamshire Sports Awards for the second year in a row.<ref name="chad award">[http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/ollie-hynd-wins-disabled-sportsperson-of-the-year-at-nottinghamshire-sports-awards-1-7090079 Ollie Hynd wins Disabled Sportsperson of the Year at Nottinghamshire Sports Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205224919/http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/ollie-hynd-wins-disabled-sportsperson-of-the-year-at-nottinghamshire-sports-awards-1-7090079 |date=5 February 2015 }} ''Chad'' (local newspaper), 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015</ref>
At the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in 2016, Hynd won the gold medal in his opening event, the 400{{nbsp}}m freestyle S8, beating the world record in the final, held on 8 September.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-standings-sw-mens-400m-freestyle-s8 |title=Men's 400m Freestyle – S8 |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=8 September 2016 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922195120/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-standings-sw-mens-400m-freestyle-s8 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He repeated the feat in his closing event, winning gold and setting a new world record in the 200 m individual medley SM8.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-mens-200m-im-sm8-final |title=Men's 200m Individual Medley – SM8 Final |publisher=Rio 2016 |date=17 September 2016 |access-date=17 September 2016 |archive-date=23 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923003910/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-mens-200m-im-sm8-final |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Recognition== Originally suggested by Charlotte Henshaw's father, Mansfield District ward councillor Paul Henshaw, to acknowledge the achievements of Ollie Hynd, the council voted in December 2014 to name the 25-metre laned pool at the town's Water Meadows complex as ''Hynds and Henshaw Competition Pool'', to honour Ollie, his brother Sam and Charlotte Henshaw who all trained there.<ref>Calls to rename pool after medal ace Ollie. ''Chad'', 8 October 2014, p.11. Accessed 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.chad.co.uk/news/mansfield-swimming-pool-be-named-after-three-paralympians-2252079 Mansfield swimming pool to be named after three Paralympians] ''Chad'', 17 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2021</ref>
In 2016, Hynd, Charlotte Henshaw and their swimming coach were all awarded the Freedom of Mansfield.<ref>[https://www.chad.co.uk/news/paraympic-swimmers-freedom-mansfield-award-1190745 Paraympic swimmers up for Freedom of Mansfield award] ''Chad'', 13 October 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.britishswimming.org/news/para-swimming-news/paralympians-awarded-freedom-district/ Paralympians awarded Freedom of the district] British Swimming, 18 November 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2021</ref>
==See also== * 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
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