50 m freestyle, men, 25 m pool

What to remember

The Cayman Islands had never won a medal at a world championships in any sport before Jordan Crooks did it in 2022. On December 14, 2024, in a semi-final of the 25 m pool World Championships held in Budapest, he swam the 50 m freestyle in 19.90 s.

Crooks is a sprint freestyle specialist. He represented the Cayman Islands at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. At the 2019 World Championships in South Korea and in 2022 in Hungary, he did not get past the heats. The breakthrough came in short course: at the 2022 World Short Course Championships he won the 50 m freestyle, the first medal and the first gold for his country at a world championships. In 2024 he carried the flag for the Cayman Islands at the Paris Olympics, alongside sailor Charlotte Webster.

The 50 m freestyle joined the World Aquatics Championships in 1986, the Olympics in 1988 and the short course World Championships in 1993. In the 25-metre pool, the women's record belongs to the American Gretchen Walsh.