Scottish swimmer

Duncan Scott

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 Scotland's most-decorated Olympian, and is currently tied with Bradley Wiggins as the second most-decorated Olympian in British history. Scott is the only athlete in the top three to still be actively competing, and the only member of the top four who is not a track cyclist.

Born

1997

May 6

Died

Living

Era

1990s

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Duncan, in brief

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Key dates

1997 Born

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1541 King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.

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The world in 1997

When Duncan arrived

april 1 Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
april 13 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
april 14 Pai Hsiao-yen, daughter of Taiwanese artiste Pai Bing-bing, is kidnapped on her way to school, preceding her murder.
april 29 The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

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Bob Seger 1945– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Dimitris Diamantidis 1980– Greek professional basketball player Dora Bakoyannis 1954– Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs Hermann Raster 1827–1891 German-American journalist and politician (born 1827) Jose Altuve 1990– Venezuelan baseball player Karl Christian Friedrich Krause 1781–1832 German philosopher and author (died 1832) Martin Brodeur 1972– Canadian ice hockey player Milton William Cooper 1943–2001 American conspiracy theorist and author (died 2001) Rudolph Valentino 1895–1926 Italian actor (born 1895)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Arike Ogunbowale 1997– American basketball player Asa Butterfield 1997– English actor Ashleigh Gardner 1997– Australian cricketer Brittany Broski 1997– American comedian and singer Cha Eun-woo 1997– South Korean singer, actor, and model Daniel Sprong 1997– Dutch ice hockey player Greyson Chance 1997– American musician Holly Taylor 1997– Canadian-American actress Keira Walsh 1997– English footballer

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