James Guy (swimmer)

James George Guy MBE (born 26 November 1995) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in freestyle and butterfly. Guy has won multiple gold medals at each of the major international meets available to him, including for Great Britain at the Olympic Games (2), the World (5) and European Championships (7), and England in the Commonwealth Games (2). In addition to further medals in those events, he has also reached the podium at both the World and European short-course championships. With 45 major medals at international championship meets, 19 at global level, he is one of the most decorated swimmers in British history.

James Guy
MBE
Personal information
Full nameJames George Guy
Nickname"Jimmy"
National teamGreat Britain
England
Born (1995-11-26) 26 November 1995
Bury, England, United Kingdom
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubTeam Bath
CoachDavid McNulty
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 3 0
World Championships (LC) 5 2 4
World Championships (SC) 0 1 0
European Championships (LC) 7 2 3
European Championships (SC) 0 2 1
Commonwealth Games 2 7 4
Total 16 17 12
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo4×200 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo4×100 m mixed medley
2016 Rio de Janeiro4×200 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m medley
2020 Tokyo4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
2015 Kazan200 m freestyle
2015 Kazan4×200 m freestyle
2017 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju4×100 m medley
2023 Fukuoka4×200 m freestyle
2015 Kazan400 m freestyle
2017 Budapest4×100 m medley
2017 Budapest100 m butterfly
2019 Gwangju4×100 m mixed medley
2022 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
2022 Budapest4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
2014 Doha400 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2016 London4×100 m medley
2018 Glasgow4×200 m freestyle
2018 Glasgow4×100 m mixed medley
2018 Glasgow4×100 m medley
2020 Budapest4×100 m medley
2020 Budapest4×200m mixed freestyle
2020 Budapest4×100m mixed medley
2020 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
2020 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
2016 London200 m freestyle
2018 Glasgow100 m butterfly
2020 Budapest100 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
2019 Glasgow4×50 m mixed freestyle
2023 Otopeni200 m freestyle
2019 Glasgow200 m butterfly
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow4×100 m medley
2022 Birmingham4×100 m medley
2018 Gold Coast100m butterfly
2018 Gold Coast4×100m freestyle
2018 Gold Coast4×200m freestyle
2018 Gold Coast4×100 m medley
2022 Birmingham100 m butterfly
2022 Birmingham4×100 m freestyle
2022 Birmingham4×200 m freestyle
2014 Glasgow400 m freestyle
2018 Gold Coast400 m freestyle
2022 Birmingham200 m butterfly
2022 Birmingham4×100 m mixed medley

Guy came to international prominence when he won two World Championship gold medals in the 200-metre freestyle and 4×200-metre freestyle relay event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, and silver in the 400 metre freestyle behind controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang. A prodigious relay swimmer, in 2016, he won silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay at the Rio Olympics, finishing 4th in the individual 200 metre freestyle event. He helped defend the men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay world title in 2017, and swam the butterfly leg to help Great Britain to gold in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Guy is a Commonwealth Games and seven-time European champion across various relay events. Guy competes in 4 x 100m freestyle, 4 x 200m freestyle, and on the butterfly legs of 4 x 100m medley relays.

In 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Guy became Olympic champion, winning gold in the 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay for Great Britain with Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, Matt Richards and Calum Jarvis. He won a second Olympic title, the inaugural mixed medley relay, with Adam Peaty, Anna Hopkin, Kathleen Dawson and Freya Anderson.

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