Ben Proud

Ben Proud is an English sprint swimmer, born in London on 21 September 1994, who specialises in the 50 metre freestyle and butterfly. He grew up in Kuala Lumpur, returned to England at sixteen to train at Plymouth, and later trained with the Energy Standard club in Turkey. He is the 2017 world champion in the 50 metre butterfly and the 2022 world champion in the 50 metre freestyle, and a Commonwealth Games champion in both events for England. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics and won his first Olympic medal, a silver in the 50 metre freestyle, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He also won European titles in the 50 metre freestyle in 2018 and 2022, and in 2025 announced he would leave traditional swimming for the Enhanced Games.