SCOTT Duncan

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Free	4x200Free	4x100Medley M
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5th (48.01)	2nd (7:03.13)	2nd (3:29.24)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	200IndMed	4x100Free M	4x100Free X	4x100Medley X
2014	Nanjing, CHN	8th (22.84)	6th (49.96)	4th (1:49.73)	H (2:04.98)	1st (3:21.19)	6th (3:33.28)	6th (3:58.32)

World Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	200IndMed	4x100Free M	4x200Free	4x100Medley M
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (DNS)	3rd (1:45.63)	5th (1:56.91)	5th (3:11.81)	5th (7:02.04)	1st (3:28.10)
2017	Budapest, HUN	5th (48.11)	4th (1:45.27)	-	-	1st (7:01.70)	2nd (3:28.95)
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	-	H (3:15.70)	1st	-

European Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	200IndMed	4x100Free M	4x100Free X	4x200Free	4x100Medley M
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (DNS)	2nd (1:45.19)	6th (1:58.18)	2nd (3:11.56)	1st (3:22.07)	2nd (7:04.61)	1st (3:28.59)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	2nd (48.23)	1st (1:45.34)	H (1:58.57)	-	-	1st (7:05.32)	1st (3:30.44)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Supporting Scottish football team Alloa Athletic and American football team the Carolina Panthers, golf. (Instagram profile, 15 Apr 2019; tlaworldwide.com, 21 Jul 2019)

Athlete, Student

Business, Sport Studies - University of Stirling, Great Britain

English

University of Stirling [Great Britain]

Steven Tigg [club]; Bradley Hay [club]

His older sister Alex was captain of the women's swim team at the University of Dundee in Scotland. (teamgb.com, 21 Jul 2019)

In September 2018 he ruptured two ankle ligaments after tripping over while walking on a footpath. (bbc.co.uk, 24 Sep 2018)

He began swimming at age six at a local club in Troon, Scotland. (dailyrecord.co.uk, 14 Oct 2015; duncan-scott.co.uk, 22 May 2016)

His father took him and his older sister swimming every Sunday. He also played tennis up until age 13, when he chose to concentrate on swimming. "My dad would take myself and my sister to the pool in Troon every Sunday where he would teach us how to swim. My first club was South Ayrshire and I joined because my sister did. My earliest memory is of my dad teaching me and my sister how to float on our backs, the very basics of backstroke." (scottishswimming.com, 19 Aug 2018; dailyrecord.co.uk, 14 Oct 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 and 2028 Games. (brignews.com, 15 Aug 2020; eurosport.co.uk, 03 May 2021)

Coach Steven Tigg. (backarisingstar.wordpress.com, 24 Jul 2017)

"The wonderful thing with sport is that you never know when you're going to hit your peak, it's just about trying to manipulate when you think you're going to be at your best that year. For me, my career is about longevity and continuing to make all the improvements." (brignews.com, 15 Aug 2020)

He was named the 2019/20 Male Athlete of the Year at the annual Scottish Student Sport Awards. (brignews.com, 15 Aug 2020)

He was named 2018 Swimmer of the Year by British Swimming. (swimswam.com, 17 Nov 2018)

He was honoured with the Nancy Riach Memorial Medal by Swimming Scotland in 2018. The medal is given to the athlete who best enhanced or upheld the prestige of Scottish swimming over the year. (swimswam.com, 01 Oct 2018)

He was named 2018 National Lottery Athlete of the Year in Great Britain. (bbc.co.uk, 24 Sep 2018)

He was named 2018 Scottish Sportsperson of the Year and 2018 Male Athlete of the Year at the Team Scotland Scottish Sports Awards. He also won the Male Athlete of the Year award in 2017. (swimswam.com, 17 Sep 2018)

He was flag bearer for Scotland at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (swimswam.com, 16 Apr 2018)

He won the Sir Peter Heatly Trophy for Outstanding Young Sportsperson of the Year at the 2015 Scottish Sportsperson of the Year Awards. (eastlothiancourier.com, 08 Oct 2015)