Luke Michael Corpuz Gebbie (born November 7, 1996) is a Filipino Olympic

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. He holds a Southeast Asian Games bronze medal in 50 meter freestyle and a silver in 4x100 freestyle relay. He represented the Philippines at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Gebbie competed in the 2019 FINA World Championships in

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. In the tournament held in

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, Gebbie established a new Philippine national record in the 100-meter freestyle by finishing with a time of 49.94 seconds. He is also the first Filipino to surpass the 50-seconds mark in the event. He also participated in the

2019 Southeast Asian Games The 2019 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 30th Southeast Asian Games, or the 30th SEA Games, and commonly known as Philippines 2019, was the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games, a biennial regional multi-sport event which ...

in the

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where he won a silver (men's 4x100 freestyle relay) and a bronze (men's 50 meter freestyle) for the host country. He also set new national records; In the men's 50 meter freestyle (22.57 seconds) and the men's 50m butterfly (24.34 seconds) events. The previous national men's 50m butterfly record was previously held by Daniel Coakley. Based in Melbourne, Gebbie also participated in the 2021 Swimming Australia Olympic trials through a special exemption granted by Swimming Australia. Gebbie qualified for the

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in Tokyo through a universality invitation after he garnered enough FINA points from competing in various Olympic qualifying tournaments. He was due to compete at the

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in Vietnam in May 2022 but was unable to after he tested positive for COVID-19.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gebbie, Luke Filipino male swimmers Living people 1996 births Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines SEA Games medalists in swimming Filipino male freestyle swimmers Filipino male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Philippines