Christian David Sprenger (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian former

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. He trains at the

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under Simon Cusack.

Swimming career

At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships he qualified in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, placing second in both events to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He failed to make the finals in either event but picked up a silver after swimming in the heats of the medley relay. Later on in the year he won nine individual FINA World Cup races during the 2008 series. He also won seven silvers and three bronze. Sprenger had his first individual success at global level in 2009, breaking

Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke even ...

's world record in the semifinals of the 200m breaststroke, and took taking two bronze medals at the World Championships in Rome. He had more international success in 2010, as he captured a silver in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and a bronze in the medley relay, along with 3 medals at the Commonwealth Games. A career highlight, Sprenger won silver in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2012 London Olympics with a new personal best of 58.93 seconds. At the 2013 World Aquatics, Sprenger captured gold in the 100-metre breaststroke in a new personal best time. He also collected silver in the 50-metre breaststroke. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won a bronze medal in the men's 50 m breaststroke and was part of the Australian team that won the silver in men's 4 x 100 medley relay.

Personal life

Sprenger is of

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. His cousin Nicholas Sprenger is a freestyler who represented Australia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.

Career Best Times

Sprenger has broken 2 world records in his career

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sprenger, Christian 1985 births Living people People from Queensland Australian male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Commercial Swimming Club swimmers Australian people of German descent World record setters in swimming Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Olympic silver medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming

Swimming career

Personal life

Career Best Times

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