Duncan Scott (swimmer)
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| Full name | Duncan W Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United Kingdom |
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| Born | 6 May 1997 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle, Medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Stirling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Steven Tigg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Duncan Scott (born 6 May 1997) is a Scottish swimmer. He won three gold medals in the (100 m and 200 m freestyle, and 4 x 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]
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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 Commenwealth 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]
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of 2015 European Games medal winners
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
References
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