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The Australian Swim Team has produced numerous world-class swimmers, with thirty-six members inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as of 2015. [2] Notable inductees include Dawn Fraser, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Kieren Perkins, Murray Rose, and Shane Gould. Swimming Australia annually recognizes the Australian Swimmer of the Year.
Hobart Olympic Pool Hobart Tasmania: 1966 25–27 February Valley Pool: Brisbane Queensland: 1966 Commonwealth Games: 1967 23–25 February Adelaide Olympic Pool Adelaide South Australia: 1968 23–25 February Olympic Swimming Stadium: Melbourne Victoria: 1968 Olympic Games: 1969 21–23 February Beatty Park Aquatic Centre: Perth Western ...
The 2022 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 18 to 22 May 2022 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally scheduled for April, the meet was pushed back to May after the announcement of the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest , Hungary scheduled for June 2022.
In the 2022 Australia Day Honours, Stubblety-Cook was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. [11] At the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships, held in May in Adelaide, he qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre breaststroke and 200 metre breaststroke, setting a new world record in ...
Matthew Temple (born 20 June 1999) is an Australian swimmer. [3] He is the Oceanian record and Australian record holder in the long course 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.25 seconds. [ 4 ] He competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships , placing 10th in his semi final. [ 5 ]
In May 2023, William had a benign tumor in his spinal canal, impinging on a nerve which required immediate surgery. [5] [7]William came second at the 100m freestyle at the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials, achieving a personal best time of 48.08, 0.02 seconds slower than the Swimming Australia Olympic Qualifying Time of 48.06.
Swimming is Australia's most prolific Olympic sport, having been responsible for 78 of Australia's 185 Olympic gold medals. In addition, a list of the top 100 Australian Olympians of all time, compiled by the Australian Olympic Committee, named 35 swimmers in the top 100, more than any other sport. Swimmers have been given the honour of ...
Throssell again represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021, where she swam in the 100m and 200m butterfly events, coming in 8th place in the final of the 200m event. [4] She won a gold medal in the Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay and a bronze medal in the Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay after swimming the ...