Andrew Mewing (born 1981) is a former national-team

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. He is also a past Executive member of the Australian Swimmers Association. He swam for Australia at: *Commonwealth Games:

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: 2005, 2007 * Pan Pacs: 2006 *Short Course Worlds: 2004, 2006 He brought suit against Australia's national swimming federation,

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in 2008, in an effort to get on Australia's 2008 Olympic team.CAS 2008/A/1540: Andrew Mewing v. Swimming Australia Limited
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2008-05-09; retrieved 2012-05-11.

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Living people Australian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Universiade medalists in swimming 1981 births Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Universiade bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{australia-swimming-bio-stub