Ben Proud

Ben Proud, born on September twenty-first, nineteen ninety-four, is a distinguished English competitive swimmer who has made significant contributions to the sport. He has proudly represented Great Britain at prestigious events such as the Olympic Games, FINA World Aquatics Championships, and LEN European Aquatics Championships, as well as competing for England at the Commonwealth Games until August twenty twenty-five.

Specializing in sprint freestyle and butterfly races, Proud has excelled particularly in the fifty-metre distance of both disciplines. His remarkable achievements include being crowned the 2022 World Champion in the fifty-metre freestyle, marking his second long course world title. Additionally, he secured the title of world champion in the fifty-metre butterfly in 2017, becoming only the third male swimmer to hold both short-course and long-course World Champion titles in the fifty-metre freestyle, following in the footsteps of César Cielo and Florent Manaudou.

In twenty twenty-four, at his third Olympic attempt, Proud achieved a significant milestone by winning his first Olympic medal, a silver, in the fifty-metre freestyle at the Summer Olympics held in Paris. His prowess in the pool is further highlighted by his two British national records and his status as a double Commonwealth Games champion in both the fifty-metre butterfly (2014 and 2022) and fifty-metre freestyle (2014, 2018, and 2022) events.

Proud's accolades also include being the European Champion in the fifty metres freestyle in both 2018 and 2022, and he was part of the Great Britain team that clinched European gold in the four by one hundred medley relay in 2014. In twenty twenty-five, he announced his intention to retire from traditional swimming, as recognized by World Aquatics, European Aquatics, and the International Olympic Committee, to pursue opportunities at the Enhanced Games, a private sports event that permits doping among its athletes.