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Leon Dunne
Leon Dunne (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian freestyle swimmer. Career Dunne first competed for Australia at the 1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hong Kong where he competed in the 50 metre butterfly. At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, Dunne finished 13th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:47.51 and 27th in the 100 metre individual medley in 56.72. In the relays, Dunne with Antony Matkovich, Robert van der Zant and Todd Pearson finished first in the heats of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in 3:15.32 with Dunne swimming the opening leg in 49.54. In the final, Dunne and Van der Zant were replaced with Ashley Callus and Adam Pine who finished in 4th place in 3:11.38. In the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Dunne with Pearson, Ray Hass and Grant Hackett won gold in a new championship record time of 7:00.36 with Dunne swimming the third leg in 1:45.31. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Dunne with Hackett, Jason Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Matkovich
Antony Matkovich (born 12 June 1977) is an Australian swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Coming from Perth, Western Australia, Matkovich became a scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport in 2000. He had previously been a member of Australia's water polo team. He made his international debut in 2001 at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan where he collected a gold medal by swimming in the heats of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. Australia proceeded to break its own world record in the final. Although Matkovich missed national selection in 2002, he was again a member of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in 2003, swimming in the heats at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, where Australia won gold again. In Athens, Matkovich swum in the heats, before the team of Ian Thorpe, Nicholas Sprenger, Grant Hackett and Michael Klim were beaten by the United States team in the final b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
List Of Commonwealth Games Records In Swimming
Below is a complete list of the Commonwealth Games records in swimming, ratified by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Competition is held in long course (50 m) pools. This is not to be confused with Commonwealth records, which are records by athletes from Commonwealth nations, but performed in any meet or competition. Men's events Women's events Mixed relay Record holder's gallery Some of the current Commonwealth Games record holders in swimming: File:2008 Australian Olympic team Leisel Jones - Sarah Ewart.jpg, Leisel Jones File:Chad le Clos 2013 3.jpg, Chad le Clos File:Fran_Halsall_medal.jpg, Fran Halsall File:Ian Thorpe with a smile.jpg, Ian Thorpe File:Emily_Jane_Seebohm_-_Peking_2008.jpg, Emily Seebohm See also * Commonwealth Games records References External linksCommonwealth Games Federation - Commonwealth Games Records by Sport - Swimming {{Commonwealth Games Swimming Swimming Swimming is the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe, (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian along with fellow swimmer Emma McKeon. With three gold and two silver medals, Thorpe was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in his hometown of Sydney. At the age of 14, Thorpe became the youngest male ever to represent Australia,Hunter, p. 75. and his victory in the 400 metre freestyle at the 1998 Perth World Championships made him the youngest-ever individual male World Champion.Andrews, pp. 434–436, 487. After that victory, Thorpe dominated the 400 m freestyle, winning the event at every Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific Swimming Championships until his break after the 2004 Olympics in Athens. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first person to win six gold medals in one W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Cram
Jason Cram (born 21 July 1982) is an Australian freestyle swimmer. Career Cram first competed for Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where he finished 6th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:50.30 and with Grant Hackett, Leon Dunne and Ian Thorpe won gold in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in new Games record time of 7:11.69. At the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships in Yokohama, Japan, Cram finished 12th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:50.93, equal 24th in the 100 metre freestyle in 51.38 and with Hackett, Thorpe and Craig Stevens won gold in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in 7:09.00. At the 2003 Duel in the Pool between United States and Australia in Indianapolis, Cram finished 5th in the 100 metre freestyle in 50.29 and with Casey Flouch, Antony Matkovich and Adam Pine finished behind the United States in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in 3:18.62. At the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Cram with Matkovich, Stevens and Nicholas Spreng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of World Championships Records In Swimming
Below is a list of current championship (or "meet") records for the two World Championships in swimming: *the swimming events of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in a long course (50 meter) pool. *FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), at which swimming is the only discipline. This meet is held in a short course (25 meter) pool. Both events are organized by the international governing body for aquatics, FINA. These are the fastest times ever swum at any edition of the meet. Long course (50 m) Men Women Mixed relay Short course (25 m) Men Women Mixed relay References ;General *FINALong Course World Championships Records – Men''25 June 2022'' *FINALong Course World Championships Records – Women''22 June 2022'' *FINALong Course World Championships Records – Mixed''24 June 2022'' *FINAShort Course World Championships Records – Men''18 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Hackett
Grant George Hackett OAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history. He also collected a gold medal in Sydney for swimming in the heats of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. He was well regarded for his versatility, and has held the long course world records in the 200 m, 800 m, and 1500 m freestyle events. He dominated the 1500 m event for a decade, being undefeated in the event in finals from 1996 until the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. In total, he has won 10 long-course world championship gold medals. Hackett was the captain of the Australian swimming team from the time the role was reintroduced in 2005 until his retirement in 2008. Hackett worked for the Nine Network, often hosting ''Wide World of Sports''. Hackett's contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Hass
Ray Hass is a former Australian backstroke swimmer. Originally from South Africa, Hass immigrated to Australia with his family in 1993 and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Swimming career After swimming the heat of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the in , , Hass was a s ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Pine
Adam Robert Pine (born 28 February 1976) is a retired Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics . ausport.gov.au Pine competed for Australia in the , and and . In 2000, he swam in the heats for the gold (4×100-metre freestyle relay) and silver (4×100-metre medley rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Callus
Ashley John Callus (born 10 March 1979) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Coming from Brisbane, Queensland, and of Maltese origin, Callus, graduated in Iona College, he was coached by Chris Urquhart, spent the beginning of his career as the understudy of fellow Australians Michael Klim and Chris Fydler. After finishing fourth in the 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Australian Championships, Callus was selected to make his debut at the age of 21 at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. 2000 Olympics Swimming with Klim, Fydler and Ian Thorpe, the Australians were not expected to win, as the United States had never lost the event at Olympic level. However, cheered on by a raucous home crowd, Klim set a world record 48.18 s in the leadoff leg, before Fydler maintained the lead, handing Callus a half-body length lead over Jason Lezak. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
