Archie Goodburn


Archie Goodburn is a swimmer from Scotland, who is a British Champion and competed in the Commonwealth Games.

Career

Goodburn made his Commonwealth Games debut in the men's 50-metre breaststroke.
Goodburn won a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships and won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships, in the 50 metres breaststroke.
He won Bronze at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in December 2023 as part of the Great Britain 4x50m Medley Relay Team. At the same meet he also broke the Scottish Record on the 50m Breaststroke in a time of 26.26 seconds.

Personal life

In June 2024 Goodburn announced that he had been diagnosed with three oligodendrogliomas, a form of cancer that can affect the brain and spinal cord, and that he would be undergoing courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to address this issue.