Grayson Bell (born 21 March 1997) is an Australian

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. He competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the

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, in

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, China.

2014

2014 Summer Youth Olympics

At the

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in August in

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, Bell won two bronze medals, one in the 4×100 metre medley relay, and one in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, as well as placing ninth in the 50 metre breaststroke, eleventh in the 100 metre breaststroke, and twentieth in the 200 metre breaststroke."Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games: Official Results Book Swimming"
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2018

2018 World Short Course Championships

Grayson competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the

, in

, China. Bell placed. The 4x50 freestyle relay placed 4th in the final.

2022

2022 Australian Swimming Championships

Bell qualified for the

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in the 50 metre freestyle, based on his performance at the 2022 Australia Swimming Championships and entered to compete in the 50 metre breastsroke at the selection meet for the Commonwealth Games, the

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in May.

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(October 2021)
"Athlete Nomination Criteria 2022 Commonwealth Games Team"
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''. 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022. Grayson was named to the team Australia rosters for both the

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and 2022 Commonwealth Games based on his times and place-finishes."Australian Dolphins named for World Championships and Commonwealth Games"
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''. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at

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in Budapest, Hungary starting in June, Bell placed 40th in the 50 metre freestlye preliminaries and 22nd in the 50 metre breaststroke.

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(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Results Book"
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2022 Commonwealth Games

The following month, Bell ranked first in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke on the first day of

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, advancing to the semifinals with a time of 27.63 seconds. He placed eight in both the 50 metre freestyle and 50 metre breaststroke final."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results Summary"
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''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2023."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results Summary"
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2022 Australian Short Course Championships

Later the same month, Grayson won the silver medal in the 50 meter breaststroke at the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships with a time of 1:40.98, sharing the podium with two Americans. He placed third in the 50 metre freestyle in a time of 21.36 seconds, finishing 0.23 seconds behind of silver medalist Justin Ress and 0.30 seconds behind fellow Australian and gold medalist

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2022 World Short Course Championships

In September, following his performances at the 2022 Australian Short Course Championships, Grayson was named to the Australia roster for the 2022 World Short Course Championships, which was held starting 13 December in

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''. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022. On day 3, Bell swam the preliminary heats of the 4×50 metre freestyle relay. The final team went on to win the gold medal helping set new Oceanian, Commonwealth, Australian, and Australian All Comers records with his fellow finals relay teammates in a time of 1:23.44

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. On the fith day, he contributed a 25.92 for the breaststroke portion of the 4×50 metre medley relay in the final to help win the bronze medal with an Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian record time of 1:30.81.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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* * 1997 births Living people Australian male breaststroke swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub