Duncan Scott Named Scottish Sportsperson Of The Year After Becoming Scotland’s Most Decorated Olympian
Duncan Scott was named Sportsperson of the Year at the Scottish Sports Awards after becoming Scotland’s most decorated Olympian following gold and silver at Paris 2024.
The 27-year-old swam the anchor leg of the 4×200 free relay to guide the Great Britain quartet to a historic victory at La Defense Arena as the same four men combined to retain the title they won in Tokyo three years earlier.
Scott returned to the pool to clinch silver in the 200IM for the second straight Games. That took to eight his overall Olympic medal haul, one more than cyclist Sir Chris Hoy who announced last month he has terminal cancer.
Scott, who was also named Male Athlete of the Year at the ceremony at the Glasgow Science Centre and IMAX, was his customary modest self in Paris when spoken of in the same breath as Hoy, saying: “This is my third Olympic Games, but I don’t think I should ever be compared to Sir Chris Hoy. It’s pretty cool in terms of numbers, but he’s got quite a few better colours than I do.”
Scott’s honour came a fortnight after he shared the Athlete of the Year crown with Matt Richards at the Aquatics GB Awards. Richards was also part of the victorious 4×2 relay in Paris while taking silver in the individual 200 free.
The four-time world champion swept the 200 free triple crown on the World Cup tour, going within 0.46 of Paul Biedermann’s world record of 1:39.37.
Scott set a British and Commonwealth record of 1:39.83 – the fifth-fastest performance all-time – en-route to finishing third in the overall World Cup standings.
Jim Anderson – known as Jim the Swim – was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame following a Paralympic career that spanned two decades.
Anderson won six golds among 17 medals across six Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2012.
