Sean McCann (swimmer) – Wikipedia

British swimmer (born 2005)

Sean McCann (born 1 February 2005) is a British aggressive swimmer. He gained the bronze medal in 800m freestyle on the 2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and is representing Scotland on the 2026 Commonwealth Games, having beforehand swam for them on the Commonwealth Youth Games. He has additionally represented Great Britain in open water swimming.

Sean McCann was born on 1 February 2005^[1] to Kate and Gerry McCann. He was raised in Rothley, close to Leicester, in England and has a twin sister, Amelie. When the twins had been two years outdated, their older sister Madeleine disappeared whereas on a household vacation.^[2] McCann, who was sleeping in the identical room as Madeleine on the time, has not publicly mentioned his sister’s disappearance.^[3] Like different members of his household, he has confronted unsolicited approaches because of the profile of the disappearance.^[4]

Following a interval of McCann’s dad and mom intensely specializing in the seek for his older sister, they consciously started placing extra effort into supporting the twins, whom they evaded media scrutiny throughout their childhoods. The twins started practising on the native Charnwood Triathlon Club when younger, and McCann found a desire for the swimming side. He started to take swimming significantly when he was eight and skilled at Loughborough Town Swimming Club. At 9 years outdated, he watched the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and aged ten he was chosen to the high-performance swimming programme at City of Leicester membership. Here, he was one in all few long-distance swimmers, and so usually was alone in his coaching. Upon becoming a member of secondary faculty, he would prepare from 04:00 within the morning. McCann attended the De Lisle College for secondary faculty earlier than then selecting Loughborough University for its energy in long-distance swimming and his chosen topic, chemical engineering.^[5]

He has been a part of the Scottish Swimming programme since he was an adolescent, for which he’s eligible via his Glasgow-born father.^[6] His twin sister is a Team Scotland triathlete learning geography at Durham University.^[5]

At the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games McCann reached the finals in each 400m and 1500m races, ending fifth within the 400m freestyle.^[6][7] He is each a pool and open water swimmer, competing on the 2023 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships^[3] and taking gold within the 1500m for the Open Water Development Squad on the 2024 Best Fest.^[5]

McCann competed on the 2024 British Swimming Championships, serving as qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[6] He certified for the 2025 European Open Water Swimming Championships,^[7] the place he contested however didn’t end the 10km race.^[8][6] In April 2026 he gained bronze on the British Championships within the males’s 800 metres freestyle, coming fourth within the 1500m,^[6] earlier than heading to the Scottish Championships in June the place he gained the 800m silver.^[9] He then represented Scotland on the 2026 Commonwealth Games at residence in Glasgow. In his first occasion, the 400m, he was a shock qualifier for the ultimate after ending fourth in his warmth to make the eighth-fastest qualifying time;^[6] he completed eighth within the last, 12 seconds behind gold medalist Sam Short.^[10]