Andrew Mullen
Andrew came in behind Daniel Dias,
Brazil’s most popular swimming star,
Three times at Rio: 2 bronze, 1 silver,
In the 50m butterfly, IM and the back.
He’s from Glasgow, born short limbed,
On the 29th day of November in 1996,
He boasts Mearns Castle High bricks,
And began swimming at seven years.
He benefited well and very truly from,
Scottish Disability Sport competitions,
By way of meets and gala occasions,
Where he scored across the boards.
In Berlin at the Europeans in 2011,
He won bronze for the S5 200m IM,
And also won the silver butterfly pen,
To explode onto the scene with grit.
Montreal in Canada and the Worlds,
In 2013, he secured 2 silver, 1 bronze,
In the back, the IM and the free lawns,
Where he just missed on a gold ace.
In 2014, European Championships,
Which were in Eindhoven in Holland,
Andrew, victory gold thrice did land,
Plus two front crawl freestyle silvers.
2015 and Glasgow’s World contest,
And Andrew won two silver medals,
For freestyle and for the back pedals,
And also won two bronzes, fought.
Then Funchal 2016 came, Portugal,
Which sent Andrew to the Rio Paras,
Because there he won 4 gold medals,
For back, 2 for free and for butterfly.
Copyright © Dominique Webb | Year Posted 2016
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