Luke Greenbank

Luke Greenbank
Personal information
National team  United Kingdom
Born (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997
Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, medley
Club Cockermouth Swimming Club, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Coach Sean Balmer, Eleanor Walsh

Luke Greenbank (born 17 September 1997 in Crewe, England, United Kingdom) is a British swimmer.

He won two gold medals in (200 m, 100 m backstroke) and breaking a new Junior World record in 200 m backstroke at the 2015 European Games.

Career

In 2014, at the 2014 European Junior Championships, Greenbank won gold medal in 200 m backstroke. He then competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing taking bronze in 200 m backstroke and gold in 4x100 m freestyle (with Duncan Scott, Miles Munro, Martyn Walton).

In June 2015, Greenbank competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, He won 2 gold medals in (200 m, 100 m backstroke) and breaking a new Junior World record in 200 m backstroke at the 2015 European Games clocking in 1:56.89.[1] He also took silver medals in 4x100 m medley (with Duncan Scott, Charlie Attwood, Charlie Attwood) and in 4x100 m mixed medley.

In August 25-30, Greenbank won bronze in men's 100 backstroke at the 2015 World Junior Championships held in Singapore.

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