Lewis Burras is the former British record holder in the long course 100-metre freestyle.
11 Facts About Lewis Burras
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Lewis Burras placed eighth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle and twelfth in the semi-finals of the 100-metre freestyle at the 2022 World Short Course Championships.
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Lewis Burras attended Jumeirah English Speaking School in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for high school, where he competed scholastically as part of the school swim team, and attended the University of South Carolina in the United States for university, where he competed collegiately as part of the South Carolina Gamecocks swim team.
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At the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in Helsinki, Finland in July, Lewis Burras won two medals.
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Lewis Burras placed thirteenth in the semi-finals with a time of 49.96 seconds.
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In October, Lewis Burras was named to the British Swimming roster for the 2022 World Short Course Championships, held in December following the transplanting of the meet from the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia, to the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
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Lewis Burras placed twelfth in the semi-finals with a personal best time of 46.61 seconds.
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Lewis Burras further lowered his personal best time in the semi-finals, achieving a time of 20.94 seconds to qualify for the final tied in rank for fifth with Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago.
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In March, at the 2023 New South Wales State Open Championships in Sydney, Lewis Burras placed fourth in the final of the 50-metre freestyle with a 22.41, finishing 0.04 seconds behind bronze medalist Kyle Chalmers, and sixth in the preliminaries of the 100-metre freestyle with a 49.80 before withdrawing from further competition in the event.
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Lewis Burras won the final with a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 47.99 seconds, finishing 0.01 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Duncan Scott.
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Lewis Burras won the silver medal in the final with a World Championships qualifying time of 21.92 seconds, finishing second and 0.21 seconds behind Ben Proud.