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Geoff Huegill
Geoffrey Andrew Huegill (born 4 March 1979) is an Australian swimmer and dual Olympian who won seventy-two international medals, including two medals in Olympics and six world champion titles, throughout his career. He held eight world records, including 50 metres butterfly. Huegill has been recognised as technically the best butterflier and was the dominant butterfly champion during the early 2000s. Affectionately known as 'Skippy', he is the nation's favourite comeback kid. Huegill came out of retirement in 2008 and shed 45 kilograms of weight to fight his way back to competition and was declared a national hero when he won gold at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre butterfly. He won the race in 51.69 seconds and broke the Commonwealth games record and his own ten-year-old personal best time. In 2010, he was voted Australian Sport Performer of the Year. Early life Huegill was born on 4 March 1979 in Nhulunbuy on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gove Peninsula
The Gove Peninsula is at the northeastern corner of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. The peninsula became strategically important during World War II when a Royal Australian Air Force base was constructed at what is now Gove Airport. The peninsula was involved in a famous court case known as the Gove land rights case, when local Yolngu people tried to claim native title over their traditional lands in 1971, after the Australian Government had granted a mineral lease to a bauxite mining company without consulting the local peoples. Today the land is owned by the Yolngu people. Location The Gove Peninsula is on the west coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria within Arnhem Land, a vast tract of Aboriginal-owned land on the Northern Territory coastline. The township of Nhulunbuy is the main commercial and service centre of the Peninsula and is 600 kilometres east of Darwin. History Modern As Europeans started land exploration throughout the Northern Territory an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response. Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming is featured in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics. Swimming involves repeated motions known as strokes in order to propel the body forward. While the front crawl, also known as freestyle, is widely regarded as the fastest out of four primary strokes, other strokes are practiced for special purposes, such as for training. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, an ... champion was the United States. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:Results All times are in minutes and seconds.Heats Heats weren't performed, as only six teams had entered.
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2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Michael Klim of Australia. This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly
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2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24–29. One world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ... was set over the six-day competition. Results Men's events Women's events Medal table ReferencesResults on GBRSports.com {{Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Pan Pan Pan Pacific Swimming Championships International aquatics competitions hosted by Japan Swimming competitions in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Neil Walker of US. This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly
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1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 1999 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 22–29 August. Only two swimmers per country could compete in finals, and only four swimmers per country could compete in semifinals. Results Men's events Legend: Women's events Legend: Awards *Rookie of the Meet: (100 m breaststroke) *Male Swimmer of the Meet: (400 m freestyle) *Female Swimmer of the Meet: (200 m breaststroke) (determined by FINA FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ... points) ReferencesResults on GBRSports.com {{Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Swimming competitions in Australia Pan Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985.Queensland to host 2014 Pan Pacific Championships , published by Swimming Australia on 2012-05-11; retrieved 2012-05-11. It was founded as an alternative to the European Championships, for those countries that could not swim in those championships, in a manner similar to the |
Swimming At The 2001 Goodwill Games
The swimming competition at the 2001 Goodwill Games was held in Brisbane, Australia at the Sleeman Centre (Brisbane) from 29 August to 3 September. Men's events References * 2001 Goodwill Games Swimming Result {{Goodwill Games Swimming 2001 Goodwill Games 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ... 2001 in swimming Swimming competitions in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The Goodwill Games
Swimming was one of the sports at the quadrennial Goodwill Games competition. Swimming competitions were held at every one of the five Goodwill Games. The final swimming events were held at the Games in 2001 as the 2005 edition of the Games were cancelled. Editions {, class=wikitable style="text-align:center" , - !width=60, Games !width=100, Year !width=150, Host city !width=150, Host country , - , I , , 1986 , , Moscow , , align=left, , - , II , , 1990 , , Seattle, Washington , , align=left, , - , III , , 1994 , , Saint Petersburg , , align=left, , - , IV , , 1998 , , New York City, New York , , align=left, , - , V , , 2001 , , Brisbane, Queensland , , align=left, {{AUS See also *List of Goodwill Games records in swimming A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
The 6th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ... on April 3–7, 2002. The event took place in the 25m-pool of the Olympiiski-complex, which also hosted the swimming event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. A record 599 swimmers from 92 countries competed at these championships, which resulted in seven world records. Medal table Results Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Medley External links *Swim RankingResults*Full results froFINA website {{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Fina World Swimming Championships (25 M) FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) FINA Short Course World Championships S S S 2002 in Moscow Swimming competitions in Russia April 2002 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
The 4th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet organized by FINA, held 1–4 April 1999 at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong. It features 516 swimmers from 61 nations, swimming in 40 short course In swimming, the term short course (abbreviated SC) is used to identify a pool that is in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration current ... (25 m pool) events. Participating nations 59 of 61 nations with swimmers at the 1999 Short Course Worlds were: for the 1999 Short Course Worlds, posted by SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-12. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
