Conor Ferguson (born 11 October 1999) is an Irish swimmer. He is competed at the 2024 Olympics for Ireland in the 4x100m Medley Relay alongside Shane Ryan, Max McCusker & Darragh Greene finishing 11th with a National Record
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| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 1999 Belfast | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Larne Swim Team | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Loughborough University | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editWhen Ferguson was 15 he won two silvers in the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in the 100 & 200 backstroke
The following year Ferguson competed in the 2016 European Championships finishing 13th in the 100m backstroke
Ferguson made his World Championships debut at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships competing in the 200m backstroke and finishing in 21st place
In Ferguson's second European Championships in 2018 he just missed out on the final in the 50m backstroke finishing 9th Ferguson also just missed out on the final also coming 9th in the 100m backstroke, alongside Shane Ryan, Darragh Greene & Brendan Hyland Ferguson competed in the 4x100m Medley Relay but got Disqualified
Ferguson Competed for Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and got to two finals finishing 5th in the 50m backstroke and 8th in the 100m Backstroke and in the 200m Backstroke he finished 9th narrowly missing out on the final, while he finished 6th in the 4x100m Medley Relay.
At the 2019 World Championships Ferguson finished 28th in the 50m backstroke and 33rd in the 200m Backstroke and was in the Irish Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay whom finished 19th
Conor got to his first European final finishing 7th in the 50m Backstroke at the 2020 European Championships which took place in 2021 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
In 2023 at the 2023 World Championships Ferguson got his best world finishes of his career so far after a 13th place finish in the 50m Backstroke & 22nd in the 100m Backstroke, while it was a 13th place finish in the 4x100m Medley Relay
In February of 2024 at the 2024 World Championships Conor finished 13th in the 100m Backstroke and got to his first ever World Final in the 4x100m Medley Relay alongside Shane Ryan, Max McCusker & Darragh Greene finishing 7th
Ferguson along with Ryan, McCusker & Greene had qualified to represent Ireland at the 2024 Olympics in Paris in the 4x100m Medley Relay the event which they had previously that year got to a world Final in Doha. They finished three spots outside of a finals place in 11th place setting a New National Record of a time of 3.33.81.
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