Stephen Clegg

Stephen comes from a family of Paralympic athletes, with both older sister Libby and brother James winning medals for ParalympicsGB at London 2012 in athletics and swimming.

Stephen started swimming in 2014 and quickly took to the sport, breaking through to make his major debut at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships in Funchal, Portugal, where he made three finals and set a new personal best in the 400m freestyle S13.

He made his Paralympic debut at Rio 2016 where he recorded his best result in the final of the 100m backstroke S12, finishing in 5th place.

At the 2018 European Para Swimming Championships in Dublin, Ireland, Stephen won three bronze medals and set two new British records.

In 2019 Stephen claimed his maiden global title with a silver medal in the S12 100m butterfly final.

And in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Clegg became a triple Paralympic medallist winning silver in the S12 100m butterfly final and two bronze medals in the 100m freestyle and backstroke finals.

Returning at the 2022 World Championships, he became a double world champion in the S12 100m butterfly and backstroke events before claiming his first Commonwealth medal with silver in the S13 50m freestyle in Birmingham.

One year later in 2023, Clegg retained his S12 100m backstroke title while adding silvers in the 100m freestyle and butterfly disciplines.

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