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| Nationality | British, Swiss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 2003 England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Achondroplasia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S5, S6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | freestyle, individual medley, breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leo McCrea (9 November 2003) [1] is a British-Swiss Paralympic swimmer. He represented Switzerland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke SB5 event. [2]
McCrea was born on 9 November 2003 with achondroplasia. [1] He is from Poole, England; his father is from England and his mother, Corinne, is from Switzerland. He started swimming at the age of 6, inspired by his older sister, Jasmine. [3] [4] He started his competitive career at age 8, with Val Simmonds, Ellie Simmonds' mother, recommending that he join a club. [1] [5] He won multiple honours at the 2011 World Dwarf Games. [4] McCrea is a Bournemouth University student. [3]
Since April 2019, McCrea has represented Switzerland in international competitions. [1] He competed in the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, where he participated in the 50 m freestyle S6, 100 m breaststroke SB6, 100 m freestyle S6, 100 m freestyle S6, 200 m individual medley SM6, and 400 m freestyle categories. He finished 8th in the final of the 400 m freestyle. [6] McCrea competed in the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, Portugal, where he entered the 50 m freestyle S6, 100 m breaststroke SB5, and 400 m freestyle S6 categories. He reached the finals in all of these events. [6]
McCrea qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. He participated in the 100 m freestyle S6, 100 m breaststroke SB5, 200 m individual medley SM6, and 400 m freestyle S6 events. He reached the final of the 100 m breaststroke SB5 event, where he placed 5th. [6]
He competed at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal, in the 50 m freestyle S6, 100 m breaststroke SB5, and 100 m freestyle S6. He earned a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB5 and reached the finals in the 100 m freestyle S6. [6] At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, England, McCrea participated in the 100 m breaststroke SB5, where he won a silver medal, and the 100 m freestyle S6 events. [6]
At the 2024 World Para Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, he won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB5 event and he competed in the 200 m individual medley SM6 event. [6] He qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. He won a gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB5 event and he competed in the 200 m individual medley SM6 event. [6]
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