Joshua Beaver (born 1 March 1993) is an Australian swimmer who specialises in

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the 100 metre backstroke and the 200 metre backstroke. He finished 13th and 10th in the semifinals, respectively. Beaver also competed in the 200 metre backstroke at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

in Kazan and is a

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

medalist. Competing at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

, he won silver in the 200m backstroke and medley relay, and bronze in the 100m backstroke.

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* * * * 1993 births Living people Australian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Australian people People from Dandenong, Victoria Swimmers from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub