Greg Butler (swimmer)
Gregory Butler is an English international swimmer. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Butler first competed at National Age group level in 2013 as a 12 year old reaching the 100m & 200m Breaststroke finals whilst representing Newcastle Staffs ASC.In the autumn of 2013 he moved to City of Derby SC & in 2014 at the British Swimming Summer Championships, he won the 200m Breaststroke breaking the British 13 year old age group record in a time of 2 mins:25.86.
In 2016, Butler became the fastest-ever British 14-year-old breaststroke swimmer over 100m and 200m and fastest-ever 17-year-old British swimmer in the 200-metre discipline. He won two bronze medals at the 2022 British Swimming Championships in the 100 & 200 metres breaststroke.
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in five events; the Swimming at the [2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke|men's 50 metres breaststroke], reaching the final and finishing in 7th place, the Swimming at the 2022 [Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|men's 100 metre breaststroke] finishing in 11th place and the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's [200 metre breaststroke|men's 200 metre breaststroke], reaching the final and finishing in 5th place. He was also part of the team that won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m mixed medley & the gold medal in the Men’s 4 x 100 metre medley relay
In 2025, Butler won the British swimming champions – [100 metres breaststroke winners|100 metres breaststroke title] at the 2025 [Aquatics GB Swimming Championships], which sealed a qualification place for the 2025 [World Aquatics Championships] in Singapore. He also won the 200 m breaststroke.