Antony Matkovich (born 12 June 1977) is an Australian

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who won a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay at the

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. Coming from

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, Western Australia, Matkovich became a scholarship holder at the

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in 2000. He had previously been a member of Australia's

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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

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, where Australia won gold again. In Athens, Matkovich swum in the heats, before the team of Ian Thorpe,

Nicholas Sprenger Nicholas Sprenger (born 14 May 1985) is an Australian middle-distance freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Coming from Brisbane, Queensland, Sprenger who is coached ...

, Grant Hackett and Michael Klim were beaten by the United States team in the final by just 0.13 of a second. He currently coaches water polo and swimming at Aquinas College in Perth.

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1977 births Living people Australian male freestyle swimmers Australian people of Croatian descent Swimmers from Perth, Western Australia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Sportsmen from Western Australia {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

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