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Tom Dean MBE is the eleventh celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024

The three-time Olympic swimming champion will take to the floor when Strictly returns in autumn 2024

Published: 02:20 pm, 8 August 2024
Tom Dean wears a red jacket with a Union Jack on the collar over a white shirt. He stands against a blue glittering background.
I am taking part in Strictly Come Dancing 2024! You may have heard me accidentally say it poolside first… but now I can officially talk about how excited I am to get stuck into something new, meet some brilliant people and get dancing. Bring it on!
— Tom Dean MBE

Tom Dean MBE is the eleventh celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing. The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios, will return to ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer for its new series this Autumn. As Strictly celebrates two spectacular decades of dance, this series promises to be extra special with even more glitz, glamour and unforgettable performances.

Tom Dean MBE is a three-time Olympic swimming champion.

Swimmer Tom is a three-time Olympic champion. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics he made history as the first British man to win a gold medal for the men’s 200m swim freestyle in over 100 years, going on to win a further gold medal in Tokyo and become England’s most decorated athlete at the subsequent 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a total of seven medals. Most recently, he brought home his third gold medal for Team GB from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the team 4 x 200m freestyle relay.

Tom Dean MBE says: “I am taking part in Strictly Come Dancing 2024! You may have heard me accidentally say it poolside first… but now I can officially talk about how excited I am to get stuck into something new, meet some brilliant people and get dancing. Bring it on!"

The news was revealed on Matt and Mollie’s Show on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 1.

The remaining celebrity contestants joining the new series will be announced in due course.

Strictly Come Dancing is a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios Entertainment Production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer, commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ. The Executive Producer for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios is Sarah James, the Series Editors are Nicola Fitzgerald and Jack Gledhill and the Series Producers are Ciara Murray and Joe Turner. The Senior Commissioning Editor for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is Jo Wallace.

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