• Events:

  100m Butterfly (S8)/50m Freestyle (S8)/100m Backstroke (S8)/100m Freestyle (S8)

• Home Town:

  Edinburgh

• Lives:

  Manchester

• Trains:

  Manchester HPC

• Date Of Birth:

  30th April 1990

• Games Attended:

  London 12, Beijing 08

With encouragement from his family, Sean started school Swimming lessons aged six and has now been competing for 13 years. 

As part of the men's 4x100m Medley Relay (34pts), Sean helped to set a British record in a time of 4:20.54 in the last event in the Aquatics Centre at London 2012. He also recorded a personal best and British record in the 100m Freestyle (S8), with a time of 1:00.58.

In addition to Paralympic competition, Sean’s greatest achievements include representing Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, where he won a silver medal competing in the 100m Freestyle (S8). During his Paralympic debut in Beijing in 2008, Sean won bronze in the 100m Backstroke (S8).

Sean’s ambition is to focus on sport and to continue his studies at university. His training base is at Manchester HPC.

Major Results

• 2012 London Paralympic Games
• 50m Freestyle (S8): 5th (ht1)
  100m Freestyle (S8): 7th
  100m Backstroke (S8): 5th
  100m Butterfly (S8): 6th
  4x100m Freestyle Relay (34 pts): 5th
  4x100m Medley Relay (34 pts): 5th
   
• 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games
• 50m Freestyle (S8): 9th
  100m Freestyle (S8): 10th
  100m Backstroke (S8): bronze
  100m Butterfly (S8): 8th
  4x100m Medley Relay (34pts): 5th

• 2012 British Championships, London, UK
• 50m Freestyle (S8): silver
  100m Freestyle (S8): gold
  100m Backstroke (S8): 8th
  100m Butterfly: 5th

• 2011 IPC European Championships, Berlin, Germany
• 50m Freestyle (S8): 6th
  100m Backstroke (S8): 5th
  100m Butterfly (S8): 4th
  4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts): bronze

• 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, UK
• 400m Freestyle (S8): bronze
  100m Backstroke (S8): silver

• 2011 British International Disability Swimming Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 100m Backstroke: 10th
  100m Butterfly: 7th

• 2011 British Championships, Manchester, UK
• 50m Freestyle: 4th
  100m Freestyle: 4th
  100m Backstroke: 5th

• 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India
• 100m Freestyle (S8): silver

• 2010 IPC World Championships, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
• 400m Freestyle (S8): 4th
  100m Backstroke (S8): 4th
  100m Butterfly (S8): 6th

• 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, UK
• 400m Freestyle (S8): 4th
  100m Backstroke (S8): silver

• 2010 British Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 100m Freestyle: gold
  100m Backstroke: 4th

• 2009 IPC European Championships, Reykjavik, Iceland
• 50m Freestyle (S8): bronze
  100m Freestyle (S8): 4th
  400m Freestyle (S8): bronze
  100m Backstroke (S8): bronze

• 2009 BT Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, UK
• 400m Freestyle (S68): bronze

• 2009 British Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 50m Freestyle: 8th
  400m Freestyle: bronze
  100m Backstroke: gold
  100m Butterfly: bronze

• 2008 British Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 100m Backstroke: 6th
  100m Butterfly: 4th