Alice Dearing interviews Toby Robinson

Alice Dearing sits down with Paris 2024 marathon swimmer Toby Robinson to speak about the work he is doing to make swimming in urban waterways in London a reality and a right

Alice: Let’s start at the beginning, can you tell me about your swimming story and what drew you to open water?

I did swimming lessons when I was young, and once I finished the stages I was like “what happens now, do I just stop swimming?” Thankfully, I was pointed towards my local Wolverhampton Swimming Club. I swam there alongside the other sports I was doing, triathlon being the main one, in which I got to national level, but I also did football and tennis… even fencing, if you can believe that! And I am really thankful to my parents for giving me all of these opportunities.