44-year-old David Young took to the water as a means of motivating himself after experiencing periods of low mood caused by the death of his close friend Davey Mac who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and committed suicide in 2006. Read more and watch video here on Sky Tyne and Wear.

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Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)

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