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Country: Great Britain

Date of Birth: 21st September 1994

Height: 185 cm

Discipline: Butterfly, Freestyle, 50M

Ben Proud specialises in sprint butterfly and freestyle, and has won international gold medals in both disciplines. He claimed 50m freestyle golds in both the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in 2018.

In 2017 he became world champion in the 50m butterfly – a race he’d already won Commonwealth gold in three years earlier. It was part of a golden 50m double at Glasgow 2014 for Proud, who also won the 50m freestyle gold as a 19-year-old.

Ben Proud Medals

World Championships (LC): 2 gold, 3 bronze

World Championships (SC): 1 gold, 1 silver

Champions Swim Series: 4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze

Swimming World Cup: 1 gold, 8 silver, 5 bronze

European Championships (LC): 3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze

European Championships (SC): 3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

Commonwealth Games: 5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze

European Junior Championships: 1 silver