Scott Thomas Talbot, also Talbot-Cameron (born 13 July 1981) is an Australian-born swimmer and swimming coach who represented New Zealand in swimming from 1997 to 2006 and has worked as a coach in several countries.

Biography

Talbot is the son of

Don Talbot Donald Malcolm Talbot (23 August 19333 November 2020) was an Australian Olympic swimming coach and sport administrator. He coached national teams for Canada, the United States and Australia. Early life Talbot was born on 23 August 1933 as t ...

and

Jan Cameron Jan Cameron is a New Zealand-Australian businesswoman and formerly Australia's fourth-richest woman. She made her fortune as the founder of the Kathmandu clothing and outdoor equipment company. She currently lives in Bicheno, Tasmania. She ru ...

(née Murphy), both national head coaches; his mother was also an Australian Tokyo Olympics silver medalist in 1964. Born in

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

, Australia, he followed his parents to Canada, then back to Australia, then moved with his mother to New Zealand at the age of ten. He attended

Rosmini College Rosmini College is a state integrated Catholic secondary school for boys, situated in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. The school caters to Years 7-13 (Forms 1-7), and currently has a roll of approximately 1097. Founded in 1962 by Father Catch ...

in Auckland and

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

in the US state of Alabama, and graduated from

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

Albany, New Zealand Albany ( mi, Ōkahukura) is one of the northernmost suburbs of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. It is located to the north of the Waitematā Harbour, northwest of the Auckland city centre. The suburb is in the Albany w ...

with a BA in Psychology. He swam for New Zealand, for which he was a national record holder, at the

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and

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Talbot also swam at the: *

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

* 2005 World Championships, *

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, * 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships, * 2003 World Student Games * 2002 Pan Pacs, *

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, * 2000 Oceania Swimming Championships, * 1999 Pan Pacs * 1999 Short Course Worlds, and * 1997 Oceania Swimming Championships. At the 2003 Student Games, he was the swimming team captain and broke the National Record in the 100m backstroke in finishing 5th. Talbot began coaching swimming professionally at North Shore Swim Club in 2003, from junior through to senior levels, and was a New Zealand national coach in the High Performance Centre based in the Millennium Institute in Auckland. In 2013 he became senior coach for the swimming team at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

. He attended the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

as a national coach for New Zealand. In 2013, he moved back to Australia to work as the Head Middle Distance Coach at the

, and in 2016 he was appointed as the High Performance Coach at the

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Swimming Club in Melbourne. In September 2020 he became director and head coach of

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and swimming club, before taking up a position at

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as head performance coach at the High Performance Centre Vancouver in 2022. Talbot is married to Lucy and has 2 daughters.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Scott 1981 births Living people Olympic swimmers of New Zealand Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Male backstroke swimmers New Zealand male swimmers New Zealand swimming coaches Sportspeople from Canberra Sportsmen from the Australian Capital Territory Australian emigrants to New Zealand Massey University alumni Auburn University alumni People educated at Rosmini College