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Lewis Edward Burras (born 12 February 2000) is a British competitive swimmer. He is the former British record holder in the
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100-metre freestyle. He is a
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silver medalist in the 50-metre freestyle, 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, swimming on the finals relay for both relay events. At the
2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edi ...
, he won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, swimming freestyle on the prelims relay, placed seventh in the 50-metre freestyle and seventh in the 100-metre freestyle. He placed eighth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle and twelfth in the semi-finals of the 100-metre freestyle at the 2022 World Short Course Championships.


Background

Burras was born 12 February 2000."Lewis Burras"
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He attended Jumeirah English Speaking School in
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,
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for high school, where he competed scholastically as part of the school swim team, and attended the
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in the United States for university, where he competed collegiately as part of the
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swim team."Lewis Burras"
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In international competition, he competes representing Great Britain and England."Swimmers to represent Team England at Commonwealth Games confirmed"
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"Budapest–Bound Team Named For 2022 World Championships"
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, United States, Burras placed 24th in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 51.03 seconds, and ranked seventh in the preliminaries of the 50-metre freestyle with a 22.70 before being disqualified in the semi-finals.
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At the
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, held in
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in July, Burras won two medals. LEN (8 July 2018)
"2018 Helsinki LEN European Junior Championships Swimming: Results book"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
In the 50-metre freestyle, he won the bronze medal with a time of 22.69 seconds, finishing within one-tenth of a second of silver medalist
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of Russia."Great Britain third in European Junior Swimming Championships medal table"
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"Dubai Swimmer Secures Podium Finish in European Swimming Championships"
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He won his second medal in the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, splitting a 49.13 for the freestyle leg of the relay in the preliminaries to help qualify the relay to the final ranking first, where the finals relay placed second in a time of 3:51.43 and Burras won a silver medal for his contributions in the preliminaries.


2022


2022 British Swimming Championships

In April 2022, at the year's British Swimming Championships, held at
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, Burras won the gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 47.88 seconds."Emotional win for Lewis Burras as he takes British title on day three in Sheffield"
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A few days later, he won the gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 21.77 seconds."Winchester's Lewis Burras crowned sprint king at British Swimming Championships"
'' Swim England South East''. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
Based on his results at the Championships, he was named to the
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and the
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team representing
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.


2022 World Aquatics Championships

Burras started off on the first day of pool swimming competition, day two overall, at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at
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in June in
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, with a fourth-place finish in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, helping achieve a new British record and English record time of 3:11:14 with a lead-off time of 48.09 seconds.
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"Men Smash British Relay Record In Opening Finals"
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"New British best for Lewis Burras on a night of near misses in Hungary"
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"Carter 14th in 100m freestyle swim"
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The following day, he placed seventh in the final with a time of 48.23 seconds.
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In the 50-metre freestyle final two days later, he achieved a time of 21.81 seconds to place seventh and finish 0.24 seconds behind bronze medalist
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of France.
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For the final day of pool swimming, the next day, he helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay in a time of 3:22.44, swimming the second 100 metres portion of the relay in 47.86 seconds.
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He also split a 47.90 for the freestyle leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay in the preliminaries, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking fifth.
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On the finals relay in the evening, he was substituted out, Tom Dean was substituted in, and all preliminaries and finals relay members won a bronze medal when the finals relay finished third in 3:31.31.
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2022 Commonwealth Games

In his first event of
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, the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay on day one of competition, conducted at
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in Birmingham, Burras led-off the finals relay with a time of 48.28 seconds to help win the silver medal in 3:22.45."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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"Team England bag two silvers on opening finals night of Commonwealth Games"
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"Commonwealth Games: Plymouth swimmer Lewis Burras wins silver in Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay"
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Bouchard, Adele (4 August 2022)
"Silver for Winchester swimmer Lewis Burras at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games"
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Leading off the 4×100-metre freestyle relay in the final of the event the following day, he swam a 48.39 to help achieve a time of 3:11.73 and win the silver medal."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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"Seven medal successes for Team England swimmers on impressive day two"
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In the preliminaries of the 100-metre freestyle the following day, he was one of three swimmers representing England to qualify for the semi-finals, ranking twelfth overall with his time of 49.70 seconds."Job done for Team England swimmers as nine finals session spots secured"
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He placed thirteenth in the semi-finals with a time of 49.96 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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For the preliminaries of the 50-metre freestyle on day five, Burras ranked as the fastest swimmer across all heats with a time of 22.09 seconds, which was 0.45 seconds faster than fellow semi-finals qualifier and Englishman Ben Proud, who ranked third overall."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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"Ben Proud powers into semis of men's 50m freestyle at Commonwealth Games"
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Lowering his time to a 21.92 in the semi-finals, he qualified for the final ranking second."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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In the final, he finished in a person best time of 21.68 seconds to win the silver medal behind Ben Proud."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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"Carter misses out on Commonwealth medal with 4th place in 50m freestyle"
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2022 World Short Course Championships

In October, Burras was named to the
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, Russia, to the
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, Australia."British team named for Melbourne's World Short Course Champs"
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The second morning, he swam a personal best time of 46.92 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100-metre freestyle, dropping 3.99 seconds from his previous best mark of 50.91 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals ranking thirteenth.
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He placed twelfth in the semi-finals with a personal best time of 46.61 seconds.
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"Peaty and Dean secure progression to finals"
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He further lowered his personal best time in the semi-finals, achieving a time of 20.94 seconds to qualify for the final tied in rank for fifth with Dylan Carter of
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In the final of the 50-metre freestyle the following day he placed eighth, finishing 0.03 seconds behind seventh-place finisher
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of Australia and 0.49 seconds behind gold medalist
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with a time of 20.95 seconds.
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2023

In March, at the 2023 New South Wales State Open Championships in Sydney, Burras placed fourth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle with a 22.41, finishing 0.04 seconds behind bronze medalist Kyle Chalmers, and sixth in the preliminaries of the 100-metre freestyle with a 49.80 before withdrawing from further competition in the event.Hy-Tek (13 March 2023)
"2023 NSW State Open Championships: Results"
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On day three of the 2023 British Swimming Championships in Sheffield in April, he ranked fifth in the preliminaries of the 100-metre freestyle, qualifying for the final with a time of 48.77 seconds."British Swimming Championships 2023: Live Results"
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qualifying time of 47.99 seconds, finishing 0.01 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Duncan Scott."FINA World Championships 2022 Fukuoka, Japan: Qualification on Competitors – Swimming"
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"Freestyle showstopper tops off Worlds qualification for Jervis and Stephens"
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"British Championships: Lewis Burras Edges Duncan Scott By 0.01 To Retain 100 Free Title; Dan Jervis & Laura Stephens Make Fukuoka Cut"
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On day five, he swam a time of 21.95 seconds in the preliminaries of the 50-metre freestyle and qualified for the final ranking first overall. He won the silver medal in the final with a World Championships qualifying time of 21.92 seconds, finishing second and 0.21 seconds behind Ben Proud.
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Following the completion of the Championships, he was named to the Great Britain roster for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, marking his second time being on a senior long course
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roster."Fukuoka the focus for 2023 World Championship team"
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Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: h – preliminary heat; sf – semifinal


National records


Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: sf – semifinal


Awards and honours

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"2022–23 SEC Men's Swimming & Diving Record Book"
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* Southeastern Conference, SEC Academic Honour Roll: 2019–2020


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burras, Lewis 2000 births Living people English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers South Carolina Gamecocks men's swimmers British expatriate swimmers in the United States Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen