Professional Swimmer

 Duties:   In order to do this, you will, quite simply, need to train and train and train and train again! The majority of a professional swimmer’s time is not spent competing – it is spent in the training pool or the gym. In order to be successful, you will need to keep your body in peak condition at all times, and you will constantly have to refine and develop your technique. You will need to manage your diet, train every single day, and have serious drive and determination. Professional swimmers tend to specialize in certain strokes (e.g. freestyle, breaststroke or butterfly) and distances (e.g. 200m or 50m).

Salary: $ 22,000

Education: There are no academic requirements for professional swimmers. To thrive in this sport, you will simply need natural talent, determination, strength, technique and discipline. A career as a professional swimmer will be relatively short-lived, and therefore it may be advisable to gain qualifications, such as a degree in sports science or physiotherapy, if you want to develop a career related to the sport once you have finished competing.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? 

Yes I would like to be one on a professional swimmer career because, it is a form to express and relax and also because i like.