Travis Nederpelt (born 10 June 1985) is an Australian former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

and

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specialist who represented his country at the

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), ...

at Athens and in

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing. His best Olympic performance was 8th in the final of the men's 400m individual medley at Athens. Nederpelt is a record eight-time winner of the popular Swim Thru Rottnest event. His brother Jarrad Nederpelt is also a competitive club swimmer with whom he holds the current duo record for the

Rottnest Channel Swim The Rottnest Channel Swim is an annual open water swimming event from Cottesloe Beach through Gage Roads to Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, near Perth. Format The distance is and it is one of the largest open water s ...

event, set in 2001. In May 2012 at the age of 26, Nederpelt retired from competitive swimming, but continued to serve the sport as a coach. He became a member of the Swimming WA Board in 2016, and in 2018 was inducted into the WA Swimming Hall of Fame.

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1985 births Living people Australian male medley swimmers Australian male butterfly swimmers Swimmers from Perth, Western Australia Olympic swimmers of Australia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub