Ex-world champion Renwick ‘incredibly proud’ of his career

Former world and Commonwealth champion Robbie Renwick has announced his retirement from swimming.

The 28-year-old Scot represented Great Britain in three consecutive Olympics in Beijing, London and Rio, winning a silver medal this summer as part of the 4x200 metres freestyle relay team.

Renwick appeared at his first major international meet in 2006 at the Commonwealth Games, also winning relay silver, and went on to become Commonwealth champion in the individual event four years later in Delhi.

One of the highlights of his career was a gold medal as part of the relay team at the World Championships in Kazan in 2015, while he was a bronze medallist in the individual 400m in 2008.

Renwick only swam in the heats in Rio, and he said: “To start with it was a bittersweet moment for me.

“I was initially devastated not to perform well enough to be part of the final, but I’ve had time to reflect and I’m incredibly proud of my contribution.”

Three-times Olympian Robbie Renwick has retired from swimming.