Jak Scott
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| Born | 23 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain Scotland England | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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Jak Scott (born 23 May 1991) is a Scottish former swimmer.
Scott, a freestyle swimmer, was raised in the town of Hawick and would travel to Edinburgh for training. When he was aged 15 his family relocated to Bo'ness so they could be closer to Edinburgh.[1]
As a 4 × 200 m freestyle relay swimmer, Scott won two silver medals for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. In Delhi in 2010 he swam the third leg of the final and in Glasgow in 2014 he featured in the heats. He represented Great Britain at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships, reaching the 4 × 200 m freestyle final of the latter.[2]
Scott swam for the University of Stirling.[3]
Retiring in 2016, Scott had personal best times of 49.87 for the 100m freestyle and 1:48.00 for the 200m freestyle.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Bale, Karen (7 October 2012). "Scots swimming star Jak Scott's mum says why she pushed son to the top". Daily Record.
- ^ "Jamieson just short of fitness in the final analysis". HeraldScotland. 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Capital student chasing gold in Open Championships". The Scotsman. 28 June 2012.
- ^ Race, Retta (17 April 2016). "Scottish Swimmer Jak Scott Announces Retirement". SwimSwam.
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- British male freestyle swimmers
- Scottish male freestyle swimmers
- Sportspeople from Hawick
- Alumni of the University of Stirling
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games