Matthew Abood (born 28 June 1986 in

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) is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He won the bronze medal with the Australian swimming team at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

in Rio de Janeiro as well as the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. Abood won the 50m national title in the

2009 Australian Swimming Championships The 2009 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 17–22 March 2009. They doubled as the national trials for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Results See also * 2009 in swimmin ...

beating the then reigning world record holder

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. He regained the 50m national title at the 2011 Australian Swimming Championships and won gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the World Championships. In 2013, he won gold at the World Swimming Championships in the Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay category. He placed 5th at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in the Men's 50m freestyle heats in Spain. He won gold at the

2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, also known as the 2014 Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 21 to 25 August 2014. Qualifying cr ...

beating the US team led by

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and a gold medal at the 2014 Commowealth Games. He also placed 5th at the 2014 World Swimming Championships.

Career best times

According to

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, Abood's best times are as follows:Swimming Australia profiles: Matthew Abood
Long course * 50 m Freestyle – 21.74 – 2009 World Championships, Rome * 100 m Freestyle – 48.35 – 2009 World Championships, Rome Short course * 50 m Freestyle – 20.89 (Australian record holder) – 2009 FINA World Cup, Berlin * 100 m Freestyle – 45.45 (Commonwealth record holder) – 2009 FINA World Cup, Singapore

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