Andrew Mullen

Age: 24

Home town: Glasgow

Classification: S5, SB4, SM5

Having made his international debut at the age of 14 at the 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships in Berlin, Andrew Mullen performed well on his Paralympic debut at London 2012, narrowly missing out on a medal as he finished 4th in both the 50m backstroke S5 and the 50m butterfly S5.

On the road to Rio 2016, he scooped numerous international medals, including six medals at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven (four gold and two silver) in addition to seven individual medals across both the 2013 IPC World Championships in Montreal and the 2015 IPC World Championships in his hometown of Glasgow.

In 2016, Andrew made his mark at the IPC Swimming European Championships by winning four individual gold medals, plus one silver.

At his second Paralympic Games at Rio 2016, Mullen won an incredible three medals, including a silver in the Men’s 50m backstroke S5.