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Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Jack McMillan (Swimming)

McMillan will form part of the first men’s relay team to swim at an Olympics

Jack McMillan at the Swim Ireland National Team Trials. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Jack McMillan at the Swim Ireland National Team Trials. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Ian O'Riordan
Sat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30

Age: 21

Event: 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Club: Bangor Swimming Club

From Belfast, McMillan has made steady and impressive progress since the junior ranks, winning 2018 World Schools Games gold in the 200m Freestyle, and silver in the 100m Freestyle. The Irish senior record holder in the 200m Freestyle, clocking 1:47.67 in April to lower his own mark of 1:47.68 from the semi-finals. A 2021 European Championships finalist, he is coached out of Bangor Swimming Club by Paul Dennis.

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics