Reece Dunn (born 19 September 1995) is a British Paralympic swimmer. He represented Great Britain at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

Career

Dunn was named the World Disabled Swimmer of the Year in 2019. Dunn, who is diagnosed with autism, represented Great Britain at the

where he won a gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle and a silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly S14 events. He also competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley SM14 event where he finished with a world record time of 2:08.02 and won a gold medal. He competed in the 100 metre backstroke S14 event and won a bronze medal. Dunn was appointed

Member of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(MBE) in the

2022 New Year Honours The 2022 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebratio ...

for services to swimming.

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* * * * * 1995 births Living people Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in swimming Autistic sportspeople World record holders in paralympic swimming Members of the Order of the British Empire Sportspeople from Plymouth, Devon English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers British male butterfly swimmers S14-classified para swimmers Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games swimmers for England English male backstroke swimmers British male backstroke swimmers English male butterfly swimmers English male medley swimmers British male medley swimmers 21st-century English sportsmen {{UK-Paralympic-medalist-stub