Gregory Butler (born 31 December 2000) is an English international swimmer. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Butler first competed at National Age group level in 2013 as a 12 year old reaching the 100m & 200m Breaststroke finals whilst representing Newcastle Staffs ASC. In the autumn of 2013 he moved to City of Derby SC & in 2014 at the British Swimming Summer Championships, he won the 200m Breaststroke breaking the British 13 year old age group record in a time of 2 mins:25.86 ( this is still the England Age Group record). In 2016, Butler became the fastest-ever British 14-year-old breaststroke swimmer over 100m and 200m and fastest-ever 17-year-old British swimmer in the 200-metre discipline. He won two bronze medals at the

2022 British Swimming Championships The 2022 British Swimming Championships were held at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, from 5 April to the 10 April 2022. They also doubled as the trials for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the Swimming at the 2022 World Aq ...

in the 100 & 200 metres breaststroke. In 2022, he was selected for the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...

in Birmingham where he competed in five events; the men's 50 metres breaststroke, reaching the final and finishing in 7th place, the men's 100 metre breaststroke finishing in 11th place and the men's 200 metre breaststroke, reaching the final and finishing in 5th place. He was also part of the team that won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m mixed medley & the gold medal in the Men’s 4 x 100 metre medley relay In 2025, Butler won the 100 metres breaststroke title at the

2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships The 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships (sponsored by Speedo) were held at the London Aquatics Centre in London, from 15 April to 22 April 2025. They were organised by Aquatics GB, formerly British Swimming and was the second time the eve ...

, which sealed a qualification place for the

2025 World Aquatics Championships The 2025 World Aquatics Championships, the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships, will be held in Singapore, from 11 July to 3 August 2025. Originally to be held in Kazan, Russia, the championships were relocated to Singapore on 9 F ...

in Singapore. He also won the 200 m breaststroke.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Greg 2000 births Living people English male breaststroke swimmers British male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming 21st-century English sportsmen European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Newcastle-under-Lyme