Cameron Colin Prosser (born 7 March 1985) is an Australian

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Career

Prosser was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and first competed for Australia at the

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where he won gold medals in the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events and with

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, Tim La Forest and

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won gold in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, setting a new

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in each event. In 2009, at the

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, Serbia, Prosser won silver in the

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, finished in 5th in the 50 metre freestyle and with

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and

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was disqualified in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. Earlier at the

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, Prosser alongside Townsing,

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and

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set an Australian Championship record in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay with a 3:20.67. Prosser's anchor leg was swum in 48.99. Five months later, the same

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quartet set an Australian All Comers record in the same event at the

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. His breakthrough was at the

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where Prosser won the silver in the 50 metre freestyle behind

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. This result qualified him for the

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and the

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. At the Pan Pacs, held in Irvine, California in August, Prosser finished 8th in the 50 metre freestyle and finished 9th in heats of the

. (Note: due to the fact that Prosser finished behind three other Australians,

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, and James Magnussen he was ineligible to contest the B final.) However, when Prosser teamed up with Richardson, Sullivan, and Magnussen they won silver in the

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, finishing behind the United States. At the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Prosser finished 5th in 50 metre freestyle in 22.46 and when teamed up with Richardson, Magnussen and Tommaso D'Orsogna finished as the fastest qualifier for the final in the heats of the

in 3:15.18. Sullivan replaced Prosser and the team went on to win in the final in a Games record time of 3:13.92.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prosser, Cameron 1985 births Living people People from Melbourne Australian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Victoria (state)