Jordan Crooks

Jordan Crooks

Personal information
National team	Cayman Islands
Born	May 2, 2002 (age 22) George Town, Cayman Islands
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly, backstroke
Club	Cayman Islands Swimming Federation, Camana Bay Aquatic Club (former), Cayman Stingray Swim Club (former)[1]
College team	University of Tennessee[2]
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  Cayman Islands World Championships (SC) 2022 Melbourne 50 m freestyle 2024 Budapest 50 m freestyle 2024 Budapest 100 m freestyle Island Games 2019 Gibraltar 100 m freestyle 2019 Gibraltar Mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle 2019 Gibraltar 50 m freestyle 2019 Gibraltar 50 m backstroke 2019 Gibraltar 100 m backstroke

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.

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]

Personal life

Crooks has a sister named Jillian Crooks who also swims competitively.[10]

References

1. "Jordan Crooks". Swimcloud. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
2. "Jordan Crooks". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
3. de Villiers, Ockert (31 December 2022). "Jordan Crooks: from fisherman to history-making world champion". Retrieved 16 August 2024.
4. Berkeley, Geoff. (17 December 2022). "Crooks wins historic Cayman Islands at World Swimming Championships (25m)". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
5. Russell, Seaford. (23 June 2022). "Crooks siblings turn in records at World Championships". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
6. "World Championships: GB's Ben Proud wins silver while Anna Hopkin takes bronze". BBC Sport. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
7. "Jordan Crooks Bio". SwimSwam. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
8. Keith, Braden (16 February 2023). "Jordan Crooks Becomes Second Man Ever to Swim 17-Point in the 50 Yard Free (RACE VIDEO)". SwimSwam. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
9. "Paris 2024 Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results". International Olympic Committee. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
10. Russell Jr., Seaford (13 December 2022). "Crooks siblings setting records on world stage". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

External links

• Jordan Crooks at World Aquatics
• Jordan Crooks at SwimRankings.net
• Jordan Crooks at Olympics.com
• Jordan Crooks at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Jillian Crooks Brett Fraser	Flagbearer for  Cayman Islands Paris 2024 with Charlotte Webster	Succeeded by Incumbent