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Jordan Crooks
Caymanian swimmer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jordan Crooks is a Caymanian competitive swimmer. He won the first medal of any color and first gold medal for the Cayman Islands at a world championships in any sport[3] at the 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships. He also holds nine national records for the Cayman Islands.[4] At the 2024 World Short Course Swimming Championships he again won the gold medal in the 50 meter freestyle. In the semifinals he broke the world record in this event with a time of 19.90 seconds, becoming the first swimmer to break 20 seconds.
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Career
Crooks qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest and the 2022 FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne.[5][4] He won the gold medal in the men's 50 m freestyle event at the 2022 FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships beating Ben Proud, the defending champion.[6]
Currently, Crooks swims for the Tennessee Volunteers swim team. In his freshman year, he swam a freshman record 18.53 50 yard freestyle as well as a freshman record 41.44 100 yard freestyle.[7]
On February 21, 2024, Crooks became the second man ever to swim a sub-18-second 50 yard freestyle as he won gold in the SEC championship, setting a pool record at the Auburn University James E. Martin Aquatics Center in the process.[8]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he became the first Caymanian swimmer to qualify for the finals. He finished with a time of 21.64 seconds and placed eighth in the men's 50 metre freestyle.[9]
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Personal life
Crooks has a sister named Jillian Crooks who also swims competitively.[10]
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