Harry Stewart (swimmer)

Harry Stewart

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 (age 21) [1] Bridport, Dorset, England
Sport
Sport	Para swimming
Disability class	S14
Medal record Men's paralympic swimming Representing   United Kingdom World Championships 2025 Singapore Mixed 4×100 m medley relay S14 2025 Singapore 100 m breaststroke SB14 European Championships 2024 Funchal 100 m breaststroke S14

Harry Stewart (born 11 May 2004) is an English Paralympic swimmer. Stewart competes in the S14 classification for swimmers with intellectual disabilities, mainly in breaststroke. He won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships and a gold medal at the 2024 World Para Swimming European Open Championships. He also represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Early life

Harry Stewart was born on 11 May 2004, in Bridport, Dorset, England. ^[1] Stewart, who has Asperger syndrome, began swimming with clubs such as Bridport Barracudas, South Dorset Tornadoes and the West Dorset Swimming Club before moving to the Devon-based Plymouth Leander Swimming Club due to the lack of a 50 m pool in Dorset. ^{[2] [3]}

Career

In April 2024, Stewart competed at the 2024 World Para Swimming European Open Championships, where he won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke SB14 event. ^{[1] [4]} Several months later, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he finished in fifth place in the 100 m backstroke S14 event. ^{[5] [6]}

In August 2025, Stewart was named to the British para swimming team for the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships held in Singapore. ^[7] The following month, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke. ^{[8] [9]} He was also part of the British team that won the mixed 4×100 m medley relay S14. ^[10]

References

1. "Harry Stewart". paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
2. "Harry Stewart starts World Para Swimming Championships". Bridport News. 20 September 2025.
3. "Harry Stewart: Bridport Paralympian swimmer hoping to win a medal". Bridport News. 4 July 2024.
4. "Great Britain win 26 medals at European Para Swimming Championships". Swimming.org. 3 May 2024.
5. "'It was like I was dreaming' - Paralympian returns home from Paris". Bridport News. 11 September 2024.
6. "Harry Stewart comes fifth at 2024 Paris Paralympics". Bridport News. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
7. "Para-swimming team confirmed for Singapore World Championships". Aquatics GB. 6 August 2025.
8. "Harry Stewart wins bronze at World Para Swimming Championships". Dorset Echo. 23 September 2025.
9. "Harry Stewart wins bronze at World Para Swimming Championships". Bridport News. 23 September 2025.
10. "Singapore 2025: Here are the Day 6 medallists". Paralympic.org. 26 September 2025.