Paris 2024 Olympian and World Championship medallist Angharad Evans is the second swimmer selected to Team Scotland for Glasgow 2026. The University of Stirling breaststroke specialist joins the previously selected Duncan Scott, forming a strong start to the team for this summer’s Games.

2024 was a huge breakthrough year for Angharad – becoming British Champion and British Record holder in the 100m Breaststroke and placing 6th at her debut Olympic Games in Paris.

Later in the year Angharad won silver as part of the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay at the World Short Course Championships, swimming the breaststroke leg, alongside Abbie Wood, Eva Okaro and Freya Anderson.

2025 brought more success, lowering her British 100m Breaststroke Record to 1:05.37 at the Aquatics GB Championships in London, the only British woman to have set a time under 66 seconds in the event.

She just missed a medal, placing 4th in the 200m Breaststroke at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Singapore and in December 2025 won her first individual international medal with 200m Breaststroke silver at the European Aquatics Short Course Championships.

She will chase a first Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow as she makes her debut for Team Scotland and was delighted to have news of her selection delivered by two of the people she credits for her success.

“I’m so happy,” she said. “I’ve never been to a Commonwealth Games before and for it to be a home Games with home fans is a really special moment.

“I was told by Ben and Brad [Ben Higson and Bradley Hay, coaches at the University of Stirling] which was special because, without them, I wouldn’t have been on the team, I wouldn’t be the swimmer that I am today, so to share that moment with them was really special to me.”

Asked about her recent success and her ambitions for Glasgow 2026, she added: “I’m proud but I’m not satisfied, I keep wanting to grow that collection and build more medals on to it. The Commonwealth Games is the perfect chance to do that. I think there’s really good competition with the other countries so it’s going to be tough but I’m ready to step up to the plate and challenge myself and see if I can make Scotland proud.”

Angharad’s selection comes on the back of meeting the Phase 1 selection requirements set out in the selection policy and following nomination from Scottish Swimming and subsequent ratification by Commonwealth Games Scotland.

Elinor Middlemiss MBE, Team Scotland Chef de Mission, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Angharad to Team Scotland for Glasgow 2026.

“She has enjoyed an outstanding breakthrough period on the international stage and has since gone on to underline her status as one of the world’s leading breaststrokers.

“Having athletes like Angharad and Duncan confirmed at this early stage, alongside those announced across other sports, shows the strength and depth that’s starting to build across Team Scotland and I’m looking forward to watching them perform in front of a home crowd this summer.”

Also heading to Glasgow 2026 will be University of Stirling Head Coach, Ben Higson, named today as Team Scotland’s Head Coach for swimming. Ben made his Team Scotland coaching debut at Glasgow 2014 on the back of strong performances from many of his University of Stirling athletes.

He then coached as part of the Team GB set up at Rio 2016, where many of his athletes were competing, including Duncan Scott. Following coaching stints with Ireland for Tokyo 2020 and Australia at Paris 2024, Ben returned to Scotland as Head Coach of the University of Stirling’s High Performance Swimming Programme.

Athletes from across all 10 sports and six para-sports featured at Glasgow 2026 will be selected in the coming months as Team Scotland prepares for an exciting home Commonwealth Games.

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