Medals and records may come and go, but Ranjuo Tomblin will always be the first-ever male to compete for Team GB in artistic swimming.
The 17-year-old took up the sport on a whim in 2017 after his local swimming coach asked if he wanted a go.
Just three years later, he became the first male artistic swimmer to represent Great Britain internationally at the 2021 European Junior Championships.
This summer Tomblin is going one step further to become the first male to compete for Team GB at the European Games in Poland.
And despite his small years, Tomblin is battling his way past the stigmas and stereotypes to inspire a whole new wave of boys to dive into artistic swimming.
"I hope that through what I'm doing, other boys see me compete internationally and it encourages them to get into the sport," he said.
"When I first tried artistic swimming, I could obviously see that there were no males but once I tried it out, I really enjoyed it.
"It was definitely hard at first, making friends with the stigma that it's a girls sport.
"My friends always used to wonder why I was doing this and not football or another generic sport but as I've grown and developed and got a few medals in the bag, they definitely respect what I do more and think it's cool.
"I think that one of the biggest misconceptions about our sport is that it's easy! A lot of people think it's playing in the water but it's really not."
At Paris 2024, men will be able to compete in artistic swimming for the first time in Olympic history, with a maximum of two males allowed in the Team events.
For Tomblin, the news finally signifies a light at the end of the tunnel, with the hopes of the mixed duet finally making its Olympic debut at LA 2028 and the stigma of artistic swimming being a female sport finally consigned to history.
"When I went to my first European Championships there were only four or five mixed duets whereas now, at the latest World Cups there have been about nine to 13," he said.
"The sport is growing and hopefully for the 2028 Olympic Games, mixed duets will be able to compete.
"Getting men in the teams in Paris is the starting point and hopefully next year there can be loads of boys who watch that and want to join.
"It would mean so much to me if more boys got into it. I'm working so hard because of the men I've seen pave the way and inspire me.
"So, I would love to inspire someone. It's not just a girls sport it's anyone's sport."
Tomblin was guided through the junior ranks by his older sister Leanne who was once his mixed duet partner, before joining forces with current partner Beatrice Crass in 2022.
Crass and Tomblin won mixed duet technical bronze at the European Junior Championships last year, a competition to remember as Tomblin also soared to men's solo free silver.
"I would definitely say that Beatrice and I are now best friends," he said.
"Last year at the European Junior Championships, we competed in the mixed duet free finals.
"That performance was probably the best performance of my life because our theme was a Spanish dance and when the music started to play the Spanish team started to dance and it was a great vibe and energy."
Tomblin is laser focused on the task at hand this summer: to set the world alight with his senior debut for Team GB in Poland and a maiden World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
A World Championships that means so much more than just a competition, with the teenager finally able to perform in front of his family on the international stage.
"I'm so honoured to have been announced and to represent Team GB at the European Games and to be the first male to compete in artistic swimming," he said.
"This is definitely a step up because it's my first senior debut this year, but I'm really excited and I feel really ready.
"My goals for this season are the European Games and the World Championships in Japan.
"My mum is Japanese, most of my family is in Japan and my sister is at University there.
"I think most of them are going to come and watch which is really exciting because they've never really seen me do synchro before.
"But long term it's going to the LA 2028 Olympics. That's definitely my biggest goal."
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