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Scottish swimmer (born 1994)
Craig Benson (born 30 April 1994) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who specialised in breaststroke . He represented Great Britain at the Olympics and European Championships.[1] [2]
Early life [ edit ]
Benson attended The James Young High School in Livingston, West Lothian .[3]
In 2011 Benson, at 17 years old, was selected for the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, where he won a silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke,[4] [5]
A few weeks later Benson won the World Junior men's championship for the 100-metre breaststroke at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru in 2011 and was second in the 50-metre breaststroke. He holds the world junior men's record for the 100-metre breaststroke.[6] [7]
Benson then won the 50-metre, 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke and won silver in the 4x100-metre medley relay at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man.[8] [7] [9]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics , he competed in the men's 100-metre breaststroke , finishing in sixth place in the second semifinal, failing to reach the final. He also swam in the heats of the men's 4x100-metre medley relay. He was the youngest member of the Great Britain swimming squad at these Olympics.[10]
Benson, won a bronze medal at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, 0.04 of a second behind the winner, Olympic swimmer Dănilă Artiomov .[2] 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France, and was part of the medley relay squad that broke the British record.[11]
He was awarded the Sunday Mail [12]
In 2013 he was swimming for Warrender Baths Club [13] [14] [13] 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[15] University of Stirling with a sports scholarship following the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[16]
At the 2015 World University Games , Benson won two bronze medals in the 100- and 200-metre breastroke events. He also won the 200-metre breaststroke at the US Open Championships, beating Michael Phelps in the process. He won a silver at the 200m Breaststroke at the 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup meet held in Dubai.[17]
At the 2016 European Championships in London, he was part of the team that won gold in the 4x100 metre mixed medley . He swam in the heats but not in the final.[18] [19] 2016 Rio Olympics , but did not get beyond the semi-finals of the 200m breaststroke .[20]
He confirmed his retirement at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, earning a bronze medal from swimming the heats of the men's 4x100m medley relay.
References [ edit ]
^ a b Chris Tait, "Craig Benson could soon be living his dream ", The Herald (24 July 2012). Retrieved 29 May 2013.
^ "Livingston swimmer clinches hat-trick of medals at Sainsbury's UK School Games" . Daily Record . 9 September 2010.
^ Craig Lord, "Craig Benson ", The Times (7 March 2012). Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^ "Successful European campaign for Warrender Archived 12 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine ", SwimEasy (7 December 2011). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ "FINA World Junior Championships: Several More Meet Records Fall on Day Two" . Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013 .
^ a b Craig Benson's Profile Page Archived 27 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Scottish Swimming. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
^ Competitor Details, Craig Benson Archived 9 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Commonwealth Youth Games 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
^ "Craig Benson named Athlete of the Games at Commonwealth Games Dinner ", Scottish Swimming. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ Alistair Watson, "Swimming sensation Craig Benson makes Olympic debut in London ", The West Lothian Courier (2 August 2012). Retrieved 11 February 2013.
^ "Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results" . Omega Timing . 23 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013 .
^ Gordon Waddell, "Sunday Mail Sports Awards: London 2012 stars win standing ovation at inspirational ceremony ", The Daily Record (9 December 2012). Retrieved 11 February 2013.
^ a b "Swimming: No hangover for Benson as he follows path of a legend ", The Herald (10 April 2013). Retrieved 22 April 2013.
^ "Craig Benson" . Team GB. Retrieved 28 July 2012 .
^ "Commonwealth Games - Swimming: Men's 100m Breaststroke" . BBC Sport . UK: BBC. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015 .
^ "Stirling scholarships brimming with sporting excellence" . University of Stirling. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015 .
^ Race, Loretta (3 August 2016). "Scottish Swimmer Craig Benson Is Driven To Succeed In Rio" . SwimSwam .
^ "4x100 m Medley - Mixed Preliminary" (PDF) . London 2016 .
^ "European glory for Stirling swimmers" . University of Stirling . 23 May 2016.
^ "Swimming: Men's 200m Breaststroke" . BBC Sport .
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