Luke Greenbank

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| strokes = Backstroke, medley

| club = Cockermouth Swimming Club

| coach = Sean Balmer
Eleanor Walsh

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Crewe, England

| height = 1.84 m

| weight = 74 kg

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Luke Greenbank (born 17 September 1997) is an English professional swimmer who specialises in backstroke. A medalist in the 200 metre backstroke at the Olympic Games and the World and European championships, he also swam the first leg in the 2019 World and 2020 European Championship gold medal-winning Great Britain medley relay teams. He won a silver medal as lead-off for Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay for men at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal as lead-off for England in the heats of the 4 x 100 metre medley relay for men at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Greenbank has won gold medals as part of the 4 × 100 m Men's Medley Relay at the European, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/luke-greenbank/ |title=Luke Greenbank British Swimming Profile |date=2 June 2020 |work=British Swimming}} He won two gold medals in (200 m, 100 m backstroke) and breaking a new Junior World record in 200 m backstroke at the 2015 European Games, which doubled that year as the European Junior Swimming Championships. Greenbank has the unusual distinction of having won medals at the Commonwealth Games, European Championships, World Championships, European Games and Olympic Games, as well as a full set of junior medals (Youth Olympics, World Juniors and European Juniors).

Career

In 2014, at the 2014 European Junior Championships, Greenbank won gold medal in 200 m backstroke. He then competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing taking bronze in 200 m backstroke and gold in 4 × 100 m freestyle (with Duncan Scott, Miles Munro, Martyn Walton).

In June 2015, Greenbank competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, He won 2 gold medals in (200 m, 100 m backstroke) and breaking a new Junior World record in 200 m backstroke at the 2015 European Games clocking in 1:56.89.{{cite web |title=Luke Greenbank Sets World Junior Record in 200 Back in Baku |date=26 June 2015 |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/luke-greenbank-sets-world-junior-record-in-200-back-in-baku/ |publisher=swimmingworldmagazine}} He also took silver medals in 4 × 100 m medley (with Duncan Scott, Charlie Attwood, Charlie Attwood) and in 4 × 100 m mixed medley.

On August 25–30, Greenbank won bronze in men's 100 backstroke at the 2015 World Junior Championships held in Singapore.

= 2018–2019 =

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at the Gold Coast, Australia, Greenbank won a silver in the 4 × 100 m medley with Adam Peaty, James Guy and Ben Proud.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43710507 |title=Commonwealth Games: Ben Proud claims gold, Caster Semenya breaks record |work=BBC Sport |date=10 April 2018}}

Greenbank won his first World Championships medal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. He finished third in the men's 200m backstroke, setting a personal best time.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/49132285 |title=World Aquatics Championships: Luke Greenbank wins 200m backstroke bronze |date=26 July 2019 |work=BBC Sport}} He was part of the team in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay together with Adam Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott. He started the race in the backstroke leg, and the team finished in a European record time of three minutes, 28.10 seconds to beat the United States, and won their first gold medal in the event in the World Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/swimming/2019/07/28/adam-peaty-winning-relay-world-title-great-britain-better-olympic/ |title=Adam Peaty: Winning relay world title with Great Britain 'better than Olympic gold' |first=Pippa |last=Field |date=28 July 2019 |work=The Telegraph}}

Greenbank was one of the 2019 individual world championship medal-winners who were pre-selected for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102143/tokyo-2020-swimming-adam-peaty |title=Olympic champion Peaty one of four British swimmers pre-selected for Tokyo 2020 |first=Michael |last=Houston |date=18 December 2020 |work=Inside the Games}}

= 2020 =

At the 2020 European Championships held in Budapest in May 2021, Greenbank won a silver in 200 metre backstroke,{{cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/luke-greenbank-breaks-down-balanced-focus-for-100-200-backstroke/ |title=Luke Greenbank breaks down balanced focus for 100 & 200 backstroke |work=Swimswam|date=23 May 2021 }} as well as a gold in the men's 4 x 100 m medley relay with Peaty, Guy and Scott.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/57222492 |title=European Aquatics Championships: Adam Peaty helps Britain win men's 4x100m medley gold |first=Nick |last=Hope |date=23 May 2021 |work=BBC Sport}}

= 2022 =

In June 2022, at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won the silver medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:55.16, finishing less than seven-tenths of a second behind gold medalist Ryan Murphy of the United States and less than two-tenths of a second ahead of bronze medalist Shaine Casas of the United States.FINA (23 June 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"]. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 June 2022.[https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/swimming/61915133 "Luke Greenbank takes silver in 200m backstroke at World Aquatics Championships"]. BBC Sport. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.[https://www.swimming.org/sport/world-championships-2022-day-six/ "Superb silver and brilliant bronze as storming swims seal podium places"]. Swim England. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022. He also won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 53.81 to contribute to the final time of 3:31.31.FINA (25 June 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000105F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"]. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.[https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/swimming/61938415 "World Aquatics Championship: Great Britain win bronze in men's 4x100m medley relay"]. BBC Sport. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.[https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/mens-medley-relay-end-world-champs-budapest-bronze/ "Men's Medley Relay End World Champs With Budapest Bronze"]. British Swimming. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

Commonwealth

The first day of swimming competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Greenbank qualified for the semifinals of the 100 metre backstroke, ranking fourth in the preliminaries with a time of 54.55 seconds.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMM100MBA------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"]. Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. In the semifinals later in the day, he swam a 54.23 to qualify for the final ranking fifth.[https://www.swimming.org/sport/commonwealth-games-day-one-finals-report/ "Team England bag two silvers on opening finals night of Commonwealth Games"]. Swim England. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. On day two, he placed fifth in the final with a time of 54.29 seconds, finishing 0.51 seconds behind gold medalist Pieter Coetze of South Africa.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMM100MBA------------FNL---------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"]. Longines. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Three days later, he ranked as the overall fastest swimmer in the preliminaries of the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:56.33 and qualified for the final.Kng Zheng Guan (2 August 2022). [https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2022/08/818813/hoe-yean-gains-wealth-experience-birmingham-debut "Hoe Yean gains wealth of experience from Birmingham debut"]. New Straits Times. Retrieved 2 August 2022.Walton, Neil (2 August 2022). [https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/20594497.commonwealth-games-2022-jay-lelliott-makes-200m-backstroke-final/ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Jay Lelliott makes 200m backstroke final"]. Dorset Echo. Retrieved 2 August 2022. He placed fifth in the final with a time of 1:56.98.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM200MBA------------FNL---------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"]. Longines. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022. On day six of six, he swam the backstroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in 54.28 seconds in the preliminaries, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking second in 3:35.88.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-03/SWMM4X100MMD----------HEAT--------__C74B_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"]. Longines. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022. In the final, Brodie Williams substituted in for him and he won a gold medal for his efforts in the prelims when the finals relay placed first in 3:31.80.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-03/SWMM4X100MMD----------FNL---------__C74B_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"]. Longines. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

European Championships

A little over one week later, at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships held in Rome, Greenbank ranked fourth in the prelims heats of the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:57.81 and qualified for the evening semifinals.LEN (12 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MBA------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf?x=07:48:45 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Men Preliminary"]. Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022. He swam a 1:57.07 in the semifinals, qualifying for the final ranking third.LEN (12 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MBA------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf?x=11:41:46 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Men Semi-Final"]. Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.[https://www.swimming.org/sport/european-aquatics-championships-2022-day-two/ "Freya Anderson claimed individual bronze as Great Britain take three medals in Rome"]. Swim England. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. In the final, he won the bronze medal with a time of 1:56.15, finishing 0.53 seconds behind gold medalist Yohann Ndoye-Brouard of France.LEN (13 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MBA------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf?x=18:20:19 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Men Final"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813162231/https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MBA------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf?x=18:20:19 |date=13 August 2022 }}. Microplus. Retrieved 13 August 2022.[https://www.repubblica.it/sport/vari/2022/08/13/diretta/europei_nuoto_2022_gare_risultati_oggi-361510090/ "Europei di nuoto Roma, risultati in diretta: sincro, Minisini e Ruggiero oro nel duo misto libero. Bronzo a Cerruti e Ferro"] (in Italian). la Repubblica. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.[https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20220813-natation-ndoye-brouard-champion-d-europe-sur-200-m-dos "Natation: Ndoye Brouard champion d'Europe sur 200 m dos"] (in French). France 24. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.[https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/autres-sports/natation-yohann-ndoye-brouard-champion-d-europe-sur-200-m-dos-20220813 "Natation : Yohann Ndoye Brouard champion d'Europe sur 200 m dos"] (in French). Le Figaro. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Five days later, on the final day of swimming competition, he helped placed fourth in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 54.28 for the backstroke leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 3:33.60 and finishing 0.32 seconds behind the team from Austria that won the bronze medal.LEN (17 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM4X100MMD----------FNL---------_73B2%201.0.pdf?x=14:36:40 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Men Final"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804195100/https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM4X100MMD----------FNL---------_73B2%201.0.pdf?x=14:36:40 |date=4 August 2024 }}. Microplus. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

= 2024 =

After finishing second behind Oliver Morgan in the 200 metres backstroke at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Greenbank recorded a time that met the British Consideration criteria for a place at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://results.swimming.org/swimming/results/2024/AquaticsGBChamps/ |title=Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024 |website=Swimming.org | access-date=9 April 2024}} He was subsequently named in the British team for the Olympics.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/68825731 |title=Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games |work=BBC Sport |date=16 April 2024 |access-date=16 April 2024}}

In the Olympics, although he placed first in his heat in the 200 metre backstroke, he was disqualified due to staying underwater past the 15 metre mark.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/31/great-britain-swimmer-disqualified-paris-olympics/74626658007/#:~:text=Luke%20Greenbank%20finished%20first%20in,meter%20mark%20following%20a%20turn. |title=Great Britain swimmer disqualified from 200m Backstroke |website=usatoday.com | access-date=1 August 2024}}

= 2025 =

Greenbank finished second again behind Oliver Morgan in the 200 metres backstroke at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, but failed to set a time for a qualification place for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/articles/c20982lwe4jo |title=Guy & Scott finish equal first in dramatic 200m |website=BBC Sport |date=20 April 2025 |access-date=21 April 2025}}

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[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/luke-greenbank_1903550 Luke Greenbank] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60410}}
{{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|swimming/athlete-profile-n6037124-luke-greenbank}}
{{2015 European Games profile|greenbank-luke-1012775}}