Craig McLean
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| Full name | Craig Ross McLean | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1998 Livingston, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6”4 (194 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Stirling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig McLean (born 25 October 1998) was a British swimmer from Livingston, Scotland. McLean attended Deans Community High School before subsequently attending the University of Stirling. McLean made his senior debut for Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games while making his debut for Great Britain at the 2018 European Championships. In February, 2020, McLean announced his retirement from professional swimming at the age of 22.[1] He has one sibling, Rachel McLean (Sister).
Career
[edit]McLean won silver in the boys' 100m freestyle at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games.[2][3]
As a senior, he represented Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast,[4] where he won a bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.
At the 2018 European Championships, McLean was part of the British team that won bronze in the mixed 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, a new event at the games.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scots Commonwealth Games swimming medalist and Olympics hopeful Craig McLean retires". The Herald. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Craig McLean - Aquatics". Commonwealth Games Scotland. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "V Commonwealth Youth Games - 7/09/2015 to 10/09/2015 - Results" (PDF). Samoa 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Dan Wallace selected for Scotland swimming team". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Woods, Mark (4 August 2018). "Adam Peaty smashes world record to win European Championships gold". The Observer.
External links
[edit]- Craig McLean at British Swimming
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Livingston, West Lothian
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Scottish male freestyle swimmers
- British male freestyle swimmers
- 21st-century Scottish sportsmen
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