Mens 50m Freestyle Final | 03 Aug 22 | |||||
Mens 50m Freestyle Final | 23 Jun 22 | |||||
Mens 50m Freestyle Final | 19 Dec 21 | |||||
Mens 50m Freestyle Final | 29 Jul 17 | |||||
Mens 50m Butterfly Final | 24 Jul 17 | |||||
Benjamin Proud (born 21 September 1994) is an English competitive swimmer, representing Great Britain at the Olympic Games, the FINA World Aquatics Championships and LEN European Aquatics Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. Proud specialises in sprint freestyle and butterfly races, specifically the 50-metre distance in both. He is the 2022 World Champion in the 50 metre freestyle, his second long course world title. He is the 2017 world champion in the 50-metre butterfly. He is only the third male swimmer to be simultaneously short-course and long-course World Champion at 50 metre freestyle, after César Cielo and Florent Manaudou.
Away from national duties, Proud currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.
Proud holds two British national records, as well as being a double Commonwealth Games champion in both the 50 m butterfly (2014 and 2022) and 50 m freestyle (2014 and 2018) events. He was European Champion over 50 metres freestyle in 2018, and was part of the 4 x 100 medley team from Great Britain which won European gold in 2014.