Sean McCann, a 21-year-old student at Loughborough University, has been selected to compete for Scotland in swimming at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. McCann is eligible to represent Scotland through his father, Gerry, who was born in Glasgow. He is expected to compete in longer-distance freestyle events when competition begins at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre on Thursday.
McCann’s swimming achievements include representing Scotland at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago, where he finished fifth in the 400m freestyle and seventh in the 1500m freestyle. He also competed for Great Britain in the 10km at the 2025 European Open Water Championships in Croatia. A strong performance at the Glasgow Games could strengthen his prospects for selection to Team Great Britain for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
According to statements McCann has made about his athletic career, he began swimming at age eight after his mother, Kate McCann, took him to Loughborough Town swimming club. He has maintained an intensive training regimen, participating in nine pool sessions and three gym sessions weekly, totaling over 20 hours of training per week. He has been waking up at 4am multiple mornings each week to train since age 11.
McCann is the twin brother of a sister and younger sibling of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared during a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007 at nearly four years old. Her disappearance has become one of the world’s most high-profile missing person cases. A Metropolitan police investigation into her disappearance has been active since 2011.
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