Stephen Clegg

Age: 25

Home town: Newcastleton, Scottish Borders

Classification: S12, SB12, SM12

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.

Major Results

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

  • 100m backstroke S12: 5th
  • 100m freestyle S13: 4th (heat 2)
  • 400m freestyle S13: 4th (heat 1)
  • 50m freestyle S12: 4th (heat 1)

London 2019 World Para Swimming Championships

  • 100m butterfly S12: silver
  • 100m backstroke S12: 4th
  • 50m freestyle S12: 5th
  • 100m freestyle S12: 7th

Courtesy of ParalympicsGB

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