Sam Downie

GB Swimmer 🇬🇧 World Championship medalist 🥉3x British Record Holder🇬🇧 6x Scottish Record Holder🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

The first British title of the meet 🥇

@SamDownie6 takes the MC 400m Freestyle victory 👏

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

Scottish athletes achieved so many amazing things on the international stage this year 👏

What was your favourite aquatic sporting moment of 2023? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

Congratulations to the six Scottish athletes who have been confirmed for the 2023-2024 World Class Programme.
Podium athletes: @stephenclegg95 @SamDownie6 @tonishaw_x
Podium Potential athletes: #FayeRogers @Louislawlor71 #jackmilne

Full details: https://t.co/rHUkg5F34a

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

A total of 41 athletes have been invited on to British Para-Swimming’s 2023-2024 World Class Programme💪

Successful home World Championships✅
Aiming for more medals at Paris 2024🇫🇷🔜https://t.co/y0JTht8C4B

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

1⃣ month ago...

The Manchester 2023 Allianz Para Swimming World Championships got underway🇬🇧🌎

And what a week it was🥹⬇️

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

Start your morning of sporting telly on Sunday at 8⃣:3⃣0⃣AM with highlights of the #Manchester2023 @Para_swimming Championships on @Channel4 📺⏰

💻: https://t.co/aQEbQ40XW5 📸: @sammellishphoto / World Para Swimming

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

Balancing studies and swimming ⚖️📚🏊‍♂️

Wishing #Manchester2023 world 🥉 medallist, @SamDownie6, along with all those in the aquatics community picking up their #SQAresults today the best of luck!
https://t.co/DPfUiciTqY

[Hope Webb @imhopewebb]

It's #ResultsDay for 144,000 young people across Scotland.

I've been following three teens who've juggled caring responsibilities, training for Paralympics and trekking the North Pole as well as their studies.

I'll be across @BBCScotlandNews today.

https://t.co/78TTpTWTqm

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

In the last race of the World Championships GB’s Mixed 4x100m Medley 34pts Relay finish in 8th, in an improvement on this morning’s time 👏

Strong final performances from Grace Harvey, Sam Downie, Faye Rogers and Ollie Carter 💙

#Manchester2023 #ThePlaceForGreatness

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

Ollie Carter anchors the GB 4x100m Mixed Medley 34pts team to a strong heat swim - placing fourth going into tonight’s final 👀

He was set up for the last 100 by Sam Downie, Maisie Summers-Newton and Faye Rogers 🇬🇧

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

We finish our fifth morning in Manchester with a phenomenal freestyle leg from Ollie Carter to qualify 🇬🇧 in 4⃣th for the 34pts Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay⚡️⚡️⚡️

[Sam Downie @SamDownie6]

What a feeling, World Bronze medalist 🥉

📸- Bruce White for @ScottishSwim

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

Medals, smiles and GB 1-2-3s🤩🔝🇬🇧

As we turn to day three, we can't ignore some of the best images from our second day in Manchester📸✅

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

Stunning from Sam🔥🔥🔥

Sam Downie touches the wall in third to claim his first World Championship medal in the S8 Men’s 100m Backstroke🥉💪🇬🇧🌎

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

Three medals won by shining Scots on day two of #Manchester2023 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What an evening of swimming we’ve had! Two debut world medals for Sam Downie and Faye Rogers and a second medal of the meet for Stephen Clegg 👏

Read our round-up 👉 https://t.co/mFh59xZBO2

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

A busy day ahead in the pool at #Manchester2023 as five out of seven Scots on the GB team are in action 💙

Heats begin at 9am, with finals at 5:30pm BST

Live stream 👉 https://t.co/tDCsGVihGP

[Scottish Disability Sport @SDS_sport]

One week to go until the World Para Swimming Championships begins 🎉

We caught up with @SamDownie6 who swims for @EASTLOTHIANSWIM who reflects on his international debut last year and the upcoming championships in Manchester 🏊‍♂️

@ScottishSwim @LDS_Sport

Check it out ⬇️⬇️

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

Open Champs finish in style as final champions are crowned 👑

What a terrific end to the #Open2023 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ready our final day round-up
👉https://t.co/4jNpZaTEjY

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

Super Sam Downie! 🔥

Great swim this afternoon from Sam Downie who set a new British Record in the S8 200m Backstroke! 🇬🇧

Great job Sam 👏

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

It was great to have our National Junior Team together for a training camp this past weekend in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The group were put through their paces inside and outside the pool, ending on a competitive relay session 💪

#OneTeam 💙