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2012 Australian Swimming Championships
The 2012 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 15 March until 22 March 2012 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. They double up as the national trials for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Qualification criteria Medal winners Men's events Legend: Women's events Legend: References Championships results {{Australian Swimming Championships Australia Australian championships The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. ... Australian Swimming Championships Sports competitions in Adelaide Swimming Championships 2010s in Adelaide March 2012 sports events in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Swimming Championships
The Australian Swimming Championships is the national Swimming championships for Australia. They are organised by Swimming Australia and separate championships are held annually in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) pools. The two meets are the country's top domestic meet for their respective course. The meet usually also double as a selection event for international competitions such as the: Olympics, Paralympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships. Some consider the meet the second-toughest domestic competition in the world, behind the USA's national championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi .... The first edition of the championships was held in Sydney in January 1896 with events at the Natatorium, Sutherland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrod Poort
Jarrod Poort (born 31 October 1994) is an Australian former competitive swimmer and two-time Olympian. Poort specialising in distance freestyle and open-water swimming competing at the international level from 2012 - 2017 on the Australian swim team. Poort represented Australia in the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ... in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the 10-kilometre marathon swimming event. In the race he built a lead of 1 minute and 20 seconds, but was caught 1 km before the finish, and finished 21st. Poort trained out of Wollongong, NSW, representing West Illawarra Aquatic Swim Club. Other than his Olympic pursuits Poort notably won both the 2017 Rottene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Palmer
Joshua Palmer (born 10 August 1991) is an Australian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de .... References External links * 1991 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Australian male breaststroke swimmers {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenton Rickard
Brenton Scott Rickard (born 19 October 1983) is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games. He has captured multiple Olympic and World Championship medals, as well as world and Commonwealth records. During this period he was coached by Vince Raleigh. In 2009, he was Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year. Olympic Games He arrived in Beijing as a medal contender and a serious threat for the gold medal in all three of his events. He set Australian, Commonwealth and Oceanic records, capturing silver medals in the 200-metre breaststroke and 4×100-metre medley relay, and finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke. * Beijing Olympics in Beijing, China: ** 200-metre breaststroke. ** 4×100-metre medley relay. **(5th) 100-metre breaststroke. FINA World Championships Rickard's first World Championships were a good one, consistently capturing medals in all of his pet events. No Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Simon Cusack. Swimming career At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships he qualified in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, placing second in both events to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He failed to make the finals in either event but picked up a silver after swimming in the heats of the medley relay. Later on in the year he won nine individual FINA World Cup races during the 2008 series. He also won seven silvers and three bronze. Sprenger had his first individual success at global level in 2009, breaking Kosuke Kitajima's world record in the semifinals of the 200m breaststroke, and took taking two bronze medals at the World Championships in Rome. He had more international success in 2010, as he captured a silver in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and a bronze in the medley rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Beaver
Joshua Beaver (born 1 March 1993) is an Australian swimmer who specialises in backstroke. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre backstroke and the 200 metre backstroke. He finished 13th and 10th in the semifinals, respectively. Beaver also competed in the 200 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan and is a Commonwealth Games medalist. Competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popu ..., he won silver in the 200m backstroke and medley relay, and bronze in the 100m backstroke. References External links * * * * 1993 births Living people Australian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matson Lawson
Matson Lawson (born 6 May 1992) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He competed in the 200-metre backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing 15th. He won a bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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Mitch Larkin
Mitchell James Larkin (born 9 July 1993) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in backstroke events. He currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. Larkin competed for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career 2014 Larkin won a gold medal in the 200 meter backstroke and a silver medal in both the 50 meter and 100 meter backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. 2015 He won two gold in the 100 meter and 200 meter backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia. His personal best in long course events are 52.11 for the 100 meter backstroke and 1:53.17 for the 200 meter backstroke, both set at the Dubai world cup in November 2015. In November 2015, Larkin broke the short course world record in the 200 meter backstroke, lowering it to 1:45.63. 2016 At the 2016 Summer Olympics swimming championships, Larkin represented Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayden Stoeckel
Hayden Ernest Stoeckel (born 10 August 1984) is an Olympic and national record-holding backstroke swimmer from Australia. He swam for Australia at the 2008 Olympics where he tied with Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin for the bronze medal in the 100m backstroke; in semifinals of the event he also set a new Australian and Commonwealth Record (52.97).Stoeckel's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 23 July 2009. He was also part of the Australian men's 4×100-metre medley relay team that won bronze at the . Stoeckel is a member of South Australia's Norwood Swimming Club. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Ackermann (swimmer)
Max Ackermann (5 October 1887 – 14 November 1975) was a German painter and graphic artist of abstract works and representational art. Life and work Born in Berlin on 5 October 1887, Ackermann started carving wooden figures and modelling ornaments in his father's studio at an early age. From 1905 to 1907 he studied under Henry van de Velde at his studio in Weimarart49.com - Exhibition Calendar for modern and contemporary art in Berlin and at Gotthardt Kuehl's studio in (1908–09). From 1909 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Arnamnart
Daniel Arnamnart (born 14 September 1989) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in backstroke events. Early years Arnamnart was born in Wahroonga, New South Wales. He was educated at Asquith Boys High School. Arnamnart completed at the 2006 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships reaching the finals of all three backstroke events. He finished 5th in 50 metres, 4th in the 200 metres and won the bronze medal in the 100 metre event finishing behind the winner in all three events Matt Welsh. On the back of these results he was named in the team of 30 to represent Australia at the second edition of the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held in Maui, Hawaii, in January 2007. At that event, he won the 100 metre backstroke in 54.99 seconds a new Under 17's Australian record. He also won two more gold medals when he teamed up Bobby Jovanovich, Robert Hurley and Reece Turner to take out the 4x100-metre freestyle relay and with James Stacey, Sam Ash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Treffers
Benjamin Treffers (born 15 August 1991) is an Australian competitive swimmer who has participated in the FINA world championships and Commonwealth Games. Treffers is the current Australian Record Holder in the 50m backstroke event Treffers also won the title of 2012 Australian Champion in the 50m backstroke event and is trained by the Australian Institute of Sport. Coached by John Fowlie, Treffers won the title of 2011 Australian Champion in the Men's 100m Backstroke event and represented Australia at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, having narrowly missed out on a place at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2018, Ben was appointed a brand ambassador for men's active lifestyle weaSQD Athletica He hablogged about his preparationsfor the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Treffers is the son of Mark Treffers, who won a gold medal swimming for New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, and the nephew of Lynne Dalzell and Paul Rowe, who swam internationally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |