Young swimmer to splash for charity (From Your Local Guardian)

Young swimmer to splash for charity

10:41am Thursday 16th February 2012 in Sutton By Lizzie Dearden

A five-year-old swimmer is using his incredible talent to raise money for a Wimbledon swimming club.

Ethan Coombes, from Carshalton, started swimming at just one year old and has already completed his 50m certificate.

At a Merton Swordfish Swimming Club gala, he won a medal for being the youngest person to compete in the one-length race.

Proud mum Maria Coombes, a swimming teacher, said: “If he carries on going the way he is maybe he can make a career out of it. Swimming is his best thing at the moment.”

Ethan will be taking part in a sponsored swim for Merton Swordfish club at Wimbledon leisure centre on February 27.