Kristopher Gilchrist

Kristopher Jon Gilchrist (born 3 December 1983) is a Scottish competitive swimmer and breaststroker who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. He is a past world champion in the 200-metre breaststroke.

Kristopher Gilchrist

Personal information
Full name	Kristopher Jon Gilchrist
Nickname	"Kris"
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1983-12-03) 3 December 1983 (age 41) Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	City of Edinburgh
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Great Britain World Championships – Short Course 2008 Manchester 200 m breaststroke European Championships – Long Course 2006 Budapest 200 m breaststroke Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he competed in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke events. At the 2008 FINA short-course world championship, he won a gold medal in the men's 200-metre breaststroke.

Personal bests and records held

Event	Long course	Short course
100 m breaststroke	1:00.57	58.89
200 m breaststroke	2:10.27NR	2:05.84
Key NR:British

External links

• British Olympic Association athlete profile
• British Swimming athlete profile