Felix Otto Auböck (also spelled Auboeck, born 19 December 1996) is an Austrian

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. Felix is the current World Champion in the 400 metre freestyle short course as well as a three time Olympic Finalist, including a 4th Place finish at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Previously He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the

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. In 2019, he competed in three events at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

held in

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, South Korea. In 2020, Auboeck swam for the

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in the International Swimming League in Budapest. Auboeck represented Austria again at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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, competing in the

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800 m The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

and

1500 m The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

freestyle events.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aubock, Felix 1996 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Austria Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Baden District, Austria Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers Austrian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sportspeople from Lower Austria 21st-century Austrian people