Matthew Temple (born 20 June 1999) is an Australian swimmer.[2] He is the Oceanian record and Australian record holder in the long course 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.25 seconds.[3] He competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, placing 10th in his semi final.[4] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he placed fifth in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.92 seconds in the final.[5]
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Marion Swim Club [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Peter Bishop[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Temple achieved qualifying times for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre butterfly at the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships, held in Adelaide in May, winning the event 0.17 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Kyle Chalmers with a time of 51.50 seconds.[6]
At the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, held in August in Sydney, Temple won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly, with a personal best time of 22.70 seconds, and the 100 metre butterfly, with a 50.09, and the bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 46.80 seconds.[7][8][9]
World records
editShort course metres
edit| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
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| 1 | 4x100 m medley relay[a] | 3:18.98 | 2022 World Championships (25 m) | Melbourne, Australia | 18 December 2022 | Current | [10] |
a split 48.34 (butterfly leg); with Isaac Cooper (backstroke leg), Joshua Yong (breaststroke leg), Kyle Chalmers (freestyle leg)
References
edit- ^ a b "Matthew Temple". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "New Kids on the Blocks: Matthew Temple". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "McKeown, Temple and Titmus break Australian records on final day of Olympic swimming trials". Olympics.com. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 200m Butterfly start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly". ESPN. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Hy-Tek (22 May 2022). "2022 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Hanson, Ian (24 August 2022). "Sydney Sprints: Aussie Lani Pallister and USA's David Johnston In Record Blitz At Aussie Short Course Champs". Swimming World. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Hy-Tek (27 August 2022). "2022 Australian Short Course Championships: Results". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Impressive Aussies Headline Night Three Of Sydney Sprints". Swimming Australia. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
External links
edit- Matthew Temple at World Aquatics
- Matthew Temple at SwimRankings.net
- Matthew Temple at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Matthew Temple at Olympics.com
- Matthew Temple at Olympedia
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