Marco Loughran

Last updated

Marco Loughran
Personal information
Full nameMarco Antonio Loughran
Nickname"Mate"
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 (age 35)
Wimbledon, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, butterfly
ClubGuildford City
College team University of Florida (U.S.)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Antwerp 100 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Antwerp 50 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Antwerp 200 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Antwerp 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Palma 4×100 m medley
SEC Championships 2009
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Georgia 200 yd backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Georgia 100 yd backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Georgia 200 yd medley relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Georgia 400 yd medley relay
SEC Championships 2010
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Florida 400 yd medley relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Florida 200 yd medley relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Florida 100 yd backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Florida 200 yd backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Florida 200 yd freestyle relay
2015 FINA Swimming World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 FINA Swimming World Cup 100 m backstroke

Marco Antonio Loughran (born 24 March 1989) is an English-born British competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics and FINA world championships, European Championships and Wales in the Commonwealth Games. He has also competed under Team Europe at Duel in the Pool 2011.

Contents

Loughran is from Tolworth, a town in Surrey, England. In high school, he was awarded a swimming scholarship to The Southport School in Queensland, Australia. While there, Marco was known as one of the "offshore boys". He then accepted a full athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he trained and competed with coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition in 2009 and 2010. In two American college swimming seasons, he received three All-American honours. Winning 4 golds (200yard backstroke 2009 as a freshman, 100/200 backstroke and 4x50 Medley relay 2010) at SEC’s clean sweeping the Men’s backstroke category. In both of years Marco swam at UF, he recorded the fastest Men’s 200 yard backstroke in the NCAA prior to the March finals.

In 2008 Loughran recorded a Top-10 European ranking in the Men’s 200 m Backstroke and at the time of competition was ranked 9th globally. He qualified for both the Men’s 100/200m backstroke at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Loughran competed in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy. He raced in the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke events. 2010 swam for Wales at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India. He came 4th (100m backstroke) 5th (50m backstroke) 6th (200m backstroke). In 2012 he competed for Team GB at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He swam in the men's 200m backstroke and finished 18th, missing the semi-finals. [1] He was the highest placing Team GB male athlete in this event.

In 2013 he won the men's 50-metre backstroke at the British Championships, held in Sheffield. He competed again for Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [2]

In June 2015, Loughran and his girlfriend Jeanette Ottesen were attacked in a road rage incident in Copenhagen, during which he sustained several injuries. [3] In 2016, he and Jeanette wed at a private ceremony in Copenhagen and welcomed their baby daughter Billie-Mai in December 2017.

Personal life

He has been in a relationship with Danish swimmer Jeanette Ottesen since 2014. Loughran and Ottesen got engaged in early 2017. In June 2017, they announced that they are expecting their first child. They were married in Copenhagen on July 16, 2017. In December, 2017 Ottesen gave birth to a girl. In December 2022 Jeanette Ottesen announced they were getting divorced. Loughran's father hails from Caerleon, Wales whilst his mother is from Venezuela [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katy Sexton</span> British swimmer

Katy Sexton, MBE is a former Olympic swimmer from Great Britain. She became the first British swimmer to win a World Championship title, when she won the Women's 200m Back at the 2003 World Championships. She is twice an Olympian and has represented Great Britain in four World Championships, the first in 1998 when she was 16, and in three Commonwealth Games. She was given the MBE for services to swimming in the 2004 New Year Honours list.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gemma Spofforth</span> British swimmer (born 1987)

Gemma Mary Spofforth is an English former competition swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. Spofforth is the former world record-holder and former world champion in the 100-metre backstroke, and won a total of eight medals in major international championships.

James Francis Goddard is a Seychelles-born British competitive swimmer and backstroker who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeanette Ottesen</span> Danish swimmer (born 1987)

Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish competitive swimmer who participated at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. In total, she has won 50 international medals.

Brett Michael Fraser is a competition swimmer and Pan American Games gold medalist from the Cayman Islands. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser, were two of the three flag-bearers for the Cayman Islands. He competed in the 200 m backstroke.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guy Barnea</span> Israeli swimmer (born 1987)

Guy Marcos Barnea is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won three medals at the European Championships. As of March 2016, he held the Israeli records in the long course 50m backstroke (24.64), the short course 50m backstroke (23.27), and the long course 100m butterfly (51.36).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan Murphy (swimmer)</span> American swimmer (born 1995)

Ryan Fitzgerald MurphyOLY is an American competitive swimmer specializing in backstroke. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and the former world-record holder in the men's 100-meter backstroke.

Georgia Beth Davies is a British competition swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and swam for Wales in the Commonwealth Games. She has won gold in the Commonwealth Games and European Championships. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Calum George Jarvis is a Welsh competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in World Championships and the Olympics, and Wales in the Commonwealth Games. Jarvis competes primarily in freestyle and backstroke events. In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as part of the Welsh team, winning the bronze medal in the 200m freestyle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Guy (swimmer)</span> British swimmer (born 1995)

James George Guy is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in freestyle and butterfly. Guy has won multiple gold medals at each of the major international meets available to him, including for Great Britain at the Olympic Games (3), the World (5) and European Championships (7), and for England in the Commonwealth Games (2). In addition to further medals in those events, he has also reached the podium at both the World and European short-course championships. With 46 major medals at international championship meets, 20 at global level, he is one of the most decorated swimmers in British history.

Luke Greenbank is an English professional swimmer who specialises in backstroke. A medalist in the 200 metre backstroke at the Olympic Games and the World and European championships, he also swam the first leg in the 2019 World and 2020 European Championship gold medal-winning Great Britain medley relay teams. He won a silver medal as lead-off for Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay for men at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal as lead-off for England in the heats of the 4 x 100 metre medley relay for men at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duncan Scott (swimmer)</span> Scottish competitive swimmer

Duncan William MacNaughton Scott is a Scottish swimmer representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, LEN European Aquatics Championships, European Games and the Olympic Games, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. Scott made history after winning four medals - more than any other British athlete at a single Olympic Games - in Tokyo 2020, simultaneously becoming Great Britain's most decorated swimmer in Olympic history. With an additional gold and silver medal in Paris 2024 bringing his total to eight, Scott became tied with Bradley Wiggins as the third most-decorated Olympian in British history. Scott is the only athlete in the top three to still be actively competing.

Corey Charles Garth Main is a New Zealand swimmer who qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the men's 100 metre backstroke.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Dean (swimmer)</span> English swimmer

Thomas William Darnton Dean is a British competitive freestyle swimmer. He is a triple Olympic gold medallist, winning gold individually in 200 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics and as part of a team in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Richards (swimmer)</span> British swimmer

Matthew Richards is a British swimmer specialising in 100 and 200 metre freestyle, active internationally from 2020. He won the gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle at 2023 World Aquatics Championships, a silver in the 200 m freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Olympic gold in the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics and World gold in the same event at the 2023 World Championships.

Kieran Smith is an American swimmer specializing in freestyle and individual medley events. He currently co-holds short course world records in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay. He is the Americas record holder in the long course 400-meter freestyle and the American record holder in the 500-yard freestyle. In the 400-meter freestyle, he won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships. Following a fourth-place finish in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the event at the 2021 World Short Course Championships, 2022 World Aquatics Championships, and the 2022 World Short Course Championships.

Rhyan Elizabeth White is an American swimmer. She won a silver medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics for her contribution in the prelims of the event and placed fourth in both the 100-meter backstroke and the 200-meter backstroke. At the 2020 Olympics, White also became the first Utah-born swimmer to compete in an Olympic Games. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, she was the only swimmer representing the United States to win a medal. She won her first world title in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2021 World Short Course Championships.

Shaine Casas is an American professional swimmer. He is an Americas record holder in the short course 4×50 meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, he won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke, a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke, and placed seventh in the 50-meter backstroke. In 2022, at the year's World Aquatics Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke. Later in the year, at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, he won the silver medal in the 200-metre backstroke and placed fourth in the finals of the 100-meter individual medley and 200-meter individual medley.

Gianluca Urlando is an American competitive swimmer. He is the American record holder in the men's 100 yard backstroke and a world junior record holder in the men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay and the 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay. As a sophomore in the NCAA for the Georgia Bulldogs at the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships, he became the first person to swim the 100 yard backstroke and 100 yard butterfly each in less than 44 seconds. At the 2019 World Junior Championships, he won gold medals in the 200 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, 4×100 meter freestyle relay, 4×200 meter freestyle relay, and 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay.

Jonathon Marshall is an English swimmer of American descent. He has a dual citizenship with United States and Great Britain. Marshall specializes in backstroke events. He represents Great Britain in international competitions and the Florida Gators in NCAA contention.

References

  1. ↑ "Marco Loughran Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Marco Loughran Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "World champion swimmer Jeanette Ottesen injured in road rage attack". The Sydney Morning Herald . 25 June 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Welsh Olympic swimmer Marco Loughran hospitalised after alleged 'road rage' attack in Denmark". 24 June 2015.


Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pictgram swimming.svg

This biographical article related to a British swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.