DOB: 6 May 1997
Events: 100m & 200m Freestyle, 100m & 200m Butterfly, Individual Medley
Key Stats:
Olympics: 2 x Silver
World Championships: 1 x Gold
1 x time Olympian – Rio 2016
A club swimmer from the age of 6, Scottish swimmer Duncan Scott rapidly rose through the ranks to compete for Scotland and Team GB. In his debut Olympic Games at Rio in 2016 he came home with two Olympic silver medals after sharing the 4 x 200 freestyle relay and 4 x 100 medley relay with his teammates. On an individual level, Duncan became the first British man to reach the Olympic finals of the 100m Freestyle, where he set a new British Record of 48.01. He smashed his own record again in early 2017 with a time of 47.90.
Every so often, it’s worthwhile to take a moment and appreciate how much work has been done over the years to achieve women’s equality. It’s hard to think that there was a time when women weren’t allowed to compete in any sport, let alone swimming!
Elite swim coach Fred Vergnoux is no stranger to steering swimmers to Olympic glory and world champion status. A former head coach to the Spanish Olympic team, he’s seen more than 244 records broken under his tutelage, including world and national record-breaking performances from Spanish number one, Mireia Belmonte Garcia.
“Growing up, all my role models wore Speedo when they competed”.
Team Speedo Athlete
