Samuel Short
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2003-09-17) 17 September 2003 (age 20) Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Samuel Short (born 17 September 2003) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He has represented Australia at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games. Short won a gold medal in the 1500m Freestyle and a silver in the 400m Freestyle at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as well as a silver medal as part of the 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 2022 World Championships.[1][2]
Biography
Short competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the 1500 metres freestyle. He qualified despite finishing two laps early by mistake at the National trials.[3]
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in the men's 400 metres freestyle, reaching the final and winning a silver medal.[1][4] Short also won a gold medal in the 1500m Freestyle.
Personal Best
Sam short has a personal best of 3.40.68 in the 400 free which is the 7th fastest performance in history.
Sam short has a personal best of 7.37.76 in the 800 free which is an Australian and Commonwealth record.
Continental Records
National Records
Awards
References
- ^ a b "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Sam Short bio". Commonwealth Games Australia. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Swimmer Samuel Short stops two laps early in 'heartbreaking' brain fade but still makes Aussie team". Fox Sports. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Ellie Cole, Sam Short and Mollie O'Callaghan's different journeys on the opening night at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games". ABC News. ABC. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
External links
- Samuel Short at World Aquatics
- Samuel Short at SwimRankings.net
- Samuel Short at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Sam Short at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Sam Short at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- 1973: Rick DeMont (USA)
- 1975: Tim Shaw (USA)
- 1978: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
- 1982: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
- 1986: Rainer Henkel (FRG)
- 1991: Jörg Hoffmann (GER)
- 1994: Kieren Perkins (AUS)
- 1998: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2001: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2003: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2005: Grant Hackett (AUS)
- 2007: Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
- 2009: Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2011: Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
- 2013: Sun Yang (CHN)
- 2015: Sun Yang (CHN)
- 2017: Sun Yang (CHN)
- 2019: Sun Yang (CHN)
- 2022: Elijah Winnington (AUS)
- 2023: Samuel Short (AUS)
- 2024: Kim Woo-min (KOR)
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