{{Short description|British swimmer}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Dean Fearn | image = | caption = | nationality = {{GBR2}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2008|01|12}} <!-- estimated --> | birth_place = Stonehaven, Scotland | height = | weight = | strokes = Butterfly, Backstroke | club = Aberdeen Dolphins | coach = Laura Bowie | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Great Britain}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Otopeni|50 m butterfly}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Otopeni|4×100 m medley}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Otopeni|100 m butterfly}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Otopeni|4×100 m mixed medley}} {{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Samorin|50 m butterfly}} {{MedalGold|2025 Samorin|4×100 m medley}} {{MedalGold|2024 Vilnius|4×100 m mixed medley}} {{MedalGold|2025 Samorin|4×100 m mixed medley}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Samorin|100 m butterfly}} {{MedalBronze|2024 vilnius|4×100 m medley}} {{MedalCompetition|European Youth Olympic Festival}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Maribor|4x100 m medley}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Maribor|4×100 m mixed medley}} {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Scotland}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Youth Games}} {{MedalGold|2023 Port-of-Spain|50 m butterfly}} }}
'''Dean Fearn''' (born 12 January 2008) is a Scottish competitive swimmer representing Great Britain and Scotland internationally, and specializing in butterfly and backstroke.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean Fearn profile |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/ |website=World Aquatics |access-date=24 August 2025}} </ref> He is a World Junior champion in the 50 m butterfly<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean Fearn Breaks Championship Record In 50 Fly |url=https://swimswam.com/dean-fearn-breaks-championship-record-in-50-fly-to-keep-team-gb-rolling-in-samorin/ |website=SwimSwam |access-date=24 August 2025}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Otopeni 2025: GB's Fearn earns world junior gold |url=https://europeanaquatics.org/otopeni-2025-gbs-fearn-earns-world-junior-gold-on-world-record-night/ |website=European Aquatics |access-date=24 August 2025}} </ref> and a multi-medalist at the 2025 World Junior and 2024 and 2025 European Junior Championships.
== Career == Fearn trains with the Aberdeen Dolphins under coach Laura Bowie.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean Fearn shines at British Summer Champs |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/ponds-forge-crowd-brings-noise-summer-champs-showstopper/ |website=British Swimming |access-date=24 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lathallan Pupil Dean Shines Among Britain's Fastest Swimmers |url=https://lathallan.org.uk/british-swimming-champs2024/ |website=Lathallan School |access-date=24 August 2025}} </ref>
In 2023, he represented Great Britain at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, and later won gold in the 50 m butterfly at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
At the 2024 British Swimming Championships, Fearn set three Scottish junior records and achieved European Junior qualification standards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aquatics GB confirm World Juniors swimming team |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/aquatics-gb-confirm-world-juniors-swimming-team/ |website=British Swimming |access-date=24 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nigerian Swimmer Claims Historic Medal |url=https://www.completesports.com/nigerian-swimmer-claims-historic-medal-at-world-junior-championship/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|date=23 August 2025|newspaper=Complete Sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Junior Championship: Abdul Jabar wins Nigeria's first medal |url=https://guardian.ng/sport/world-junior-championship-abdul-jabar-wins-nigerias-first-medal-in-swimming/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|date=23 August 2025|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
== Personal bests == {| class="wikitable" |+ Long course (50 m pool) ! Event !! Time !! Date !! Location |- | 50 m butterfly || 23.29 || 6 July 2025 || Samorin, Slovakia |- | 100 m butterfly || 52.64 || 4 July 2025 || Samorin, Slovakia |- | 100 m backstroke || 54.82 || April 2025 || British Championships |}
== Personal life == Fearn attends Lathallan School in Scotland.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1698007/dean-fearn Dean Fearn profile at World Aquatics]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fearn, Dean}} Category:2008 births Category:Living people Category:British male swimmers Category:Male butterfly swimmers Category:Sportspeople from Aberdeenshire Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen
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