# Conor Ferguson
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{{short description|Irish swimmer}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Conor Ferguson
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| nationality = Irish
| strokes = Backstroke
| club = Larne Swim Team
| collegeteam = Loughborough University
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|10|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Belfast
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{{MedalSport|Mens swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IRL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Youth Olympic Festival](/source/European_Youth_Summer_Olympic_Festival)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2015 Tbilisi](/source/2015_European_Youth_Summer_Olympic_Festival)|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|[2015 Tbilisi](/source/2015_European_Youth_Summer_Olympic_Festival)|200 m backstroke}}
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'''Conor Ferguson''' (born 11 October 1999) is an Irish [swimmer](/source/Swimming_(sport)). He competed at the [2024 Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) for Ireland in the [4x100m Medley Relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay) alongside [Shane Ryan](/source/Shane_Ryan_(swimmer)), Max McCusker & [Darragh Greene](/source/Darragh_Greene) finishing 11th with a [National Record](/source/List_of_Irish_records_in_swimming).[{{cite web | title=Conor Ferguson: Irish swimmer sets personal best but just outside Olympic qualifying time | date=12 February 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/68277969.amp |website=[BBC](/source/BBC) }}]
== Career ==
When Ferguson was 15 he won two silvers in the [2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival](/source/Swimming_at_the_2015_European_Youth_Summer_Olympic_Festival) in the 100 & 200 backstroke
The following year Ferguson competed in the [2016 European Championships](/source/2016_European_Aquatics_Championships), finishing 13th in the [100m backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2016_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metre_backstroke). That year Ferguson came up .05 seconds short of qualifying for the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics).[{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Brendan |title=Irish swimmer Conor Ferguson on 8 years chasing fractions of a second |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/othersport/arid-41399446.html |access-date=1 August 2025 |work=[The Irish Examiner](/source/The_Irish_Examiner) |date=21 May 2024}}]
Ferguson made his World Championships debut at the [2017 World Aquatics Championships](/source/2017_World_Aquatics_Championships), where he competed in the [200m backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2017_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metre_backstroke) and finished in 21st place.
In Ferguson's second [European Championships](/source/2018_European_Aquatics_Championships) in 2018 he just missed out on the final in the [50m backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2018_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_metre_backstroke), ultimately finishing 9th. Ferguson also just missed out on the final and also come 9th in the [100m backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2018_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metre_backstroke), alongside [Shane Ryan](/source/Shane_Ryan_(swimmer)), [Darragh Greene](/source/Darragh_Greene) & [Brendan Hyland](/source/Brendan_Hyland). Ferguson competed in the [4x100m Medley Relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2018_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay) but was subsequently disqualified.
Ferguson competed for [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games) at the [2018 Commonwealth Games](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games) and got to two finals, finishing 5th in the [50m backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_metre_backstroke) and 8th in the [100m Backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metre_backstroke). In the [200m Backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metre_backstroke), he finished 9th, narrowly missing out on the final, while he finished 6th in the [4x100m Medley Relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay).
At the [2019 World Championships](/source/2019_World_Aquatics_Championships), Ferguson finished 28th in the [50m backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_metre_backstroke) and 33rd in the [200m Backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metre_backstroke), Ferguson also was a member of the Irish Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay team which finished in 19th place.
Conor got to his first European final in 2021, finishing 7th in the [50m Backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_metre_backstroke) at the [2020 European Championships](/source/2020_European_Aquatics_Championships).
At the [2023 World Championships](/source/2023_World_Aquatics_Championships), Ferguson got his best finish of his career after ending in 13th place in the [50m Backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_metre_backstroke) & a 22nd place finish in the [100m Backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_metre_backstroke), In the [4x100m Medley Relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay), his team finished in 13th place.
In February 2024 at the [2024 World Championships](/source/2024_World_Aquatics_Championships), Ferguson finished 13th in the [100m Backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2024_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metre_backstroke) and got to his first ever world final in the [4x100m Medley Relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2024_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay) alongside [Shane Ryan](/source/Shane_Ryan_(swimmer)), [Max McCusker](/source/Max_McCusker) & [Darragh Greene](/source/Darragh_Greene), ultimately finishing in 7th place. This performance allowed Ferguson and his teammates to qualify for the [2024 Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) in [Paris](/source/Paris) in the [4x100m Medley Relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100-metre_medley_relay). They finished three spots outside of a finals place in 11th place, in the process setting a new [national record](/source/List_of_Irish_records_in_swimming) at a time of 3.33.81.
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