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Matthew Temple (swimmer)

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Matthew Temple
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1999-06-20) 20 June 1999 (age 25)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubMarion Swim Club [1]
CoachPeter Bishop[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed medley
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m medley

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]

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

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Short course metres

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
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

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  1. ^ a b "Matthew Temple". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ "New Kids on the Blocks: Matthew Temple". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "McKeown, Temple and Titmus break Australian records on final day of Olympic swimming trials". Olympics.com. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly". ESPN. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ Hy-Tek (22 May 2022). "2022 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Hy-Tek (27 August 2022). "2022 Australian Short Course Championships: Results". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Impressive Aussies Headline Night Three Of Sydney Sprints". Swimming Australia. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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