BREAKING records, winning medals and representing Australia are just part of everyday life for one Launceston swimmer.
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Aran Miller is off the to Mexico in a few weeks to compete in the Down Syndrome World Swimming Championships.
The only Tasmanian chosen, Mr Miller will join the team of 24 men and women from around Australia heading to the event.
Competing in a range of different strokes, Mr Miller is feeling ready to race.
‘‘I’m feeling excited,’’ he said.
Taking home five gold and four silver medals at the championships in Italy in 2012, Mr Miller said he is not feeling nervous about this year’s event.
Earlier this year he broke the world record for the 200-metre backstroke.
Mr Miller is now training six days a week with both the South Esk Swimming Club and the New Horizons Club.
His mother Nada Miller said she is very proud of her son.
‘‘I’m feeling a little nervous but excited for him,’’ Ms Miller said.
While she is hoping her son will make it to the Paralympics one day, she said this can be hard for people with Down Syndrome as they compete against swimmers who may not have any physical disabilities.
‘‘It’s very difficult for young ones to go any further than this,’’ Ms Miller said.
‘‘That’s why the Down Syndrome Swimming Organisation was started in the first place, so they had a chance to compete at a higher level.’’
Ms Miller will travel with her son to Mexico at the end of October.