GREENBANK Luke

General
TRANSITION TO SENIORS
After making the transition to senior competition, he missed out on qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He then did not manage to win a medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, he missed out on the podium in individual events. He also did not reach any final at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. In response to his dip in form, coach Melanie Marshall contacted his former coach Sean Balmer, and they devised a new training programme for him. In 2019 he won bronze in 200m backstroke and gold in 4x100m medley relay at the world championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. "The low point was Glasgow as I felt I hadn't reached my full potential, so I had to tweak my training. I had no idea what I was doing wrong and quitting wasn't an option. 2016 was a little bit of a shock to the system but was the wake-up call I needed. I had a couple of tough years starting as a senior swimmer but I think I've learned off the back of that. I've matured as an athlete and I understand myself a lot better." (swimming.org, 26 Jul 2019; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 07 May 2020)