Duncan Scott (swimmer)

Duncan Scott
Personal information
Full name Duncan W Scott
National team  United Kingdom
Born (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, Freestyle, Medley
Club University of Stirling
Coach Steven Tigg
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×200 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
2015 Kazan 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2016 London 4×100 m medley
2016 London 4×100 m mixed medley
European Games
2015 Baku 100 m freestyle
2015 Baku 200 m freestyle
2015 Baku 4×100 m freestyle
2015 Baku 4×200 m freestyle
2015 Baku 4×100 m medley
2015 Baku 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Summer Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing 4×100 m freestyle
European Junior Championships
2014 Dordrecht 200 m medley
2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m freestyle
2014 Dordrecht 4×200 m freestyle
European Youth Olympic Festival
2013 Utrecht 200 m medley
2013 Utrecht 400 m medley
2013 Utrecht 4×100 m mixed freestyle
2013 Utrecht 4×100 m freestyle
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle

Duncan Scott (born 6 May 1997) is a Scottish swimmer representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships and the Olympic Games, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. He won three gold medals in the (100 m and 200 m freestyle, and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) at the 2015 European Games.[1] In doing so, he was the most successful British athlete at the European Games.[1] A month later, he formed part of the Great Britain squad that won the gold medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in the men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay as the 4th leg swimmer in the heat, before being replaced for the final.[2] In 2016, he was a member of the Great Britain team that won silver in the same event a the Olympic Games, swimming both heats and finals, before winning the same medal swimming the anchor freestyle leg for great Britain in the men's 4 x 100 metre medlay relay. He also placed 4th in the final of the individual men's 100 metres freestyle.

Career

Scott came to public attention in 2013 when he won eight gold medals at the 2013 Scottish Age Group Championships in Edinburgh.[3] Later that year he competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival taking gold in the 200 m medley, silvers in the (400 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle) and bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle.

In July 2014, at the 2014 European Junior Championships, Scott won a gold medal in the (200 m individual medley, 4 × 100 m freestyle) and bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle. A few weeks later he won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[4] He then competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing taking gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle (with Luke Greenbank, Miles Munro, and Martyn Walton).

At the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku (a junior event for swimmers), he won three gold medals in the (100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) and three silver medals in the 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, and 4 × 100 m medley (with Greenbank, Charlie Attwood, and Walton).[5]

Early life

Duncan grew up in Alloa, moving to Strathallan School on a sport scholarship at the beginning of secondary. He trained daily throughout his high school years and this dedication is clear to see. Swimming runs in the family as his older sister Alex Scott is the Woman's swimming captain at the University of Dundee and the incoming secretary on the Sports Union Exec.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "World Championships: Duncan Scott tipped to add to medal haul". BBC. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "World Swimming Championships: Britain win 4x200m relay gold". BBC. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Swimming: Scott has eight golds and he wants more". The Scotsman. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Glasgow 2014: Scotland secure silver in men's 4x200m relay". BBC. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Duncan Scott The Scot Delivers Gold For Britain With Dominant 49.4 Two-Lapper". swimvortex.


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