Archie Goodburn (born 26 June 2001) is a swimmer from Scotland, who is a British Champion and competed in the Commonwealth Games.[1][2][3]
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| Born | 26 June 2001 Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editGoodburn made his Commonwealth Games debut in the men's 50-metre breaststroke.[4]
He won a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships and won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships, in the 50 metres breaststroke.[5]
Personal life
editIn June 2024 Goodburn announced that he had been diagnosed with three oligodendrogliomas, a form of cancer that can affect the brain and spinal cord, and that he would be undergoing courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to address this issue.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Archie Goodburn". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Archie Goodburn". Swim Swam. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Archie Goodburn". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Archie Goodburn / SWIMMING". Scottish Swimming. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Swimmer Goodburn diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours". BBC News. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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