Gold Coast 2018 will be JACK THORPE's second Commonwealth Games, having taken part in the 4x100m Medley event at Glasgow 2014 in his home games.

Jack has also competed at the World University Games and at British level, achieving a Silver and Bronze in the most recent meet in Sheffield in 2017.

Jack is a freestyle specialist but away from the pool he has also achieved success in other sports with a Level 2 sailing qualification and a black belt in Taekwondo.

#ILearnedtoSwim with Jack Thorpe

"I joined because I enjoyed swimming and my parents wanted me to pursue it further. My earliest memory is the 1 on 1 swim lessons with my mum when I was very small, maybve only two or three years old. My first club was Milngavie and Bearsden."

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