Archie Goodburn

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Archie Goodburn
Personal information
Born (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 24)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport
SportSwimming
Event
Breaststroke
University teamUniversity of Edinburgh
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
British Swimming Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Sheffield 50m breaststroke
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 50m breaststroke
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kazan 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kazan 4x100 m freestyle
European SC Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Otenpeni 4x50 m medley

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]

Career

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Goodburn made his Commonwealth Games debut in the men's 50-metre breaststroke.[4]

Goodburn 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]

He won Bronze at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in December 2023 as part of the Great Britain 4x50m Medley Relay Team. At the same meet he also broke the Scottish Record on the 50m Breaststroke in a time of 26.26 seconds.

Personal life

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In 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

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