Tom Dean MBE

Date of Birth	2 May 2000
Age	26
Place of Birth	Maidenhead
Commonwealth Appearances
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Tom Dean's life as a Team England swimmer started very sweetly.

The Maidenhead swimmer took home seven medals from his debut Games at Birmingham 2022, including gold in the 4x100m medley.

He also came away with six silvers as he engaged once again in a fascinating battle with Duncan Scott, who is now his teammate at Stirling.

Dean, and his family, gained fame as he stormed to Olympic gold on debut in Tokyo in 2021. His family and friends congregated in the back garden of the family home to watch Dean in action in the middle of the night with the video going viral.

A rollercoaster 2021 saw Dean test positive for Covid twice in the build-up to the Games before recovering to win the 200m freestyle ahead of teammate Scott in a thrilling final.

He followed that up with a gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Scott, becoming the first male British swimmer to win multiple swimming gold medals at the same Games in 113 years.

In 2022, Dean came away from the World Championships in Budapest with three bronze medals before his heroics in Birmingham where he reached the podium seven times.

More success followed in 2023, including a World Championship silver medal in the 200m freestyle and bronze in the 200m individual medley, but he missed out on selection in his preferred event in Paris.

He put that disappointment behind him and was part of the team that retained the 4x200m freestyle relay title, while he later took some time away from the pool to appear on Strictly Come Dancing.

Having enjoyed huge success at the University of Bath, Dean made the decision to change base in 2025, joining Scott and fellow Olympic relay champion Jack McMillan up in Stirling.

The trio will all hope to be among the medals over 200m freestyle at Glasgow 2026.