Archie Goodburn
Archie Goodburn - GB Swimming
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Archie
Goodburn

50m & 100m Breaststroke Great Britain · University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland

Commonwealth Games. European silverware. Scottish records.
Resilient. Relentless.

27.12 50m Breaststroke
1:00.03 100m Breaststroke
2026 Commonwealth Games

A career built on relentless progression

2019🥉

World Junior Championships

50m Backstroke · Budapest
2019🥈🥉

European Junior Championships

Silver & Bronze
2019🏆

SportsAid Scotland

Scottish Youth Sportsperson of the Year
2022🌍

Commonwealth Games Debut

50m & 100m Breaststroke · Birmingham
2023🥈

European Under 23s

Silver · 50m Breaststroke
2023🥈

European Short Course

Silver · 4x50m Medley Relay
2025🌍

World University Games

Germany
2026📍

Scottish Record - 27.12

50m Breaststroke · BUCS Long Course
2026

Commonwealth Games

Achieved qualification standards
Our commitment

We are proud to be supporting Archie on his cramp‑free journey to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Diagnosed at 22.
Re-broke his own Scottish Record for the 50m Breaststroke at 24.

The bigger picture

While preparing for the Paris Olympics, Archie experienced seizures and numbness, and was ultimately diagnosed with three inoperable brain tumours. He now carries a 10x4cm tumour and two more - including one behind his eye. The kind of diagnosis that ends careers.

Despite all of this, Archie has fought hard to keep training and competing. He has also helped bring Vorasidenib - a game-changing brain tumour drug - to approval, giving hope to countless others facing the same diagnosis. To top it all off, he has recently achieved qualification standards for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. He is the definition of resilience.

Archie training

One before. One spare.
Every session.

Archie used to suffer from cramp during training. Now he keeps Cramp Killa as a non-negotiable part of his routine - one gel before every session, one kept in reserve. Simple. Effective. Race-ready.

01One gel taken before every training session
02One gel kept spare in case cramp kicks in
03Used through training and on race day
Fuel like Archie

Train harder.
Cramp less.

If it's part of Archie's race-day kit, it can be part of yours.