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Olympic swimmer James Guy is made a Member of the British Empire

Olympic swimmer James Guy has a major reason to be proud. He was honored with an Member of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to swimming. Digital Journal has the scoop.

Olympic swimmer James Guy
Olympic swimmer James Guy. Photo Courtesy of Mine Kasapoglu, ISL
Olympic swimmer James Guy. Photo Courtesy of Mine Kasapoglu, ISL

Olympic swimmer James Guy has a major reason to be proud. He was honored with an Member of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to swimming. Digital Journal has the scoop.

James Guy, MBE

Guy, age 26, was made an MBE in the 2022 New Year Honours. At the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, he won two gold medals and a silver medal for Team Great Britain in the swimming relay races. In the mixed 4 × 100 meter medley relay, they shattered the world record and they broke a European record in the men’s 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay race.

This brings Guy’s total career Olympic medals to five. Guy previously won two silver medals at the swimming relay races at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

ISL Season 3

In Season 3 of the International Swimming League (ISL), Guy competed for the Energy Standard swimming team, and they were crowned the winners of the third season of the ISL.

James Gibson, MBE, served as the team’s General Manager and Tom Rushton was the Head Coach of Energy Standard for Season 3.

For more information on British swimmer James Guy, MBE, follow him on Instagram and visit his website.

Read More: Digital Journal’s Markos Papadatos chatted with James Guy in mid-November of 2021.

Markos Papadatos
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Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 22,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.

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