Luke Greenbank

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Luke Greenbank
Personal information
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 24)
Crewe, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, medley
ClubCockermouth Swimming Club, Cockermouth, Cumbria
CoachSean Balmer, Eleanor Walsh
Medal record

Luke Greenbank (born 17 September 1997) is a British swimmer who specialises in backstroke. A medalist in the 200 metre backstroke at both the World and European championships, Greenbank also swam the first leg in the 2019 World and 2020 European Championship gold medal-winning Great Britain teams.

He has won gold medals as part of the 4 × 100 m Men's Medley Relay at the European and World Championships.[1][2]

He won two gold medals in (200 m, 100 m backstroke) and breaking a new Junior World record in 200 m backstroke at the 2015 European Games.

Career[]

In 2014, at the 2014 European Junior Championships, Greenbank won gold medal in 200 m backstroke. He then competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing taking bronze in 200 m backstroke and gold in 4 × 100 m freestyle (with Duncan Scott, Miles Munro, Martyn Walton).

In June 2015, Greenbank competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, He won 2 gold medals in (200 m, 100 m backstroke) and breaking a new Junior World record in 200 m backstroke at the 2015 European Games clocking in 1:56.89.[3] He also took silver medals in 4 × 100 m medley (with Duncan Scott, Charlie Attwood, Charlie Attwood) and in 4 × 100 m mixed medley.

On August 25–30, Greenbank won bronze in men's 100 backstroke at the 2015 World Junior Championships held in Singapore.

2018–2019[]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at the Gold Coast, Australia, Greenbank won a silver in the 4 × 100 m medley with Adam Peaty, James Guy and Ben Proud.[4]

Greenbank won his first World Championships medal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. He finished third in the men's 200m backstroke, setting a personal best time.[5] He was part of the team in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay together with Adam Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott. He started the race in the backstroke leg, and the team finished in a European record time of three minutes, 28.10 seconds to beat the United States, and won their first gold medal in the event in the World Championships.[6]

Greenbank was one of the 2019 individual world championship medal-winners who were pre-selected for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[7]

2021[]

At the European Championships held in Budapest in May 2021, Greenbank won a silver in 200 metre backstroke,[8] as well as a gold in the men's 4 x 100 m medley relay with Peaty, Guy and Scott.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Luke Greenbank British Swimming Profile". British Swimming. 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Hope, Nick (23 May 2021). "European Aquatics Championships: Adam Peaty helps Britain win men's 4x100m medley gold". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ "Luke Greenbank Sets World Junior Record in 200 Back in Baku". swimmingworldmagazine.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Ben Proud claims gold, Caster Semenya breaks record". BBC Sport. 10 April 2018.
  5. ^ "World Aquatics Championships: Luke Greenbank wins 200m backstroke bronze". BBC Sport. 26 July 2019.
  6. ^ Field, Pippa (28 July 2019). "Adam Peaty: Winning relay world title with Great Britain 'better than Olympic gold'". The Telegraph.
  7. ^ Houston, Michael (18 December 2020). "Olympic champion Peaty one of four British swimmers pre-selected for Tokyo 2020". Inside the Games.
  8. ^ "Luke Greenbank breaks down balanced focus for 100 & 200 backstroke". Swimswam.

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