Matthew Dunn (swimmer)
Australian swimmer
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Full name | Matthew Stephen Dunn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1973-09-02) 2 September 1973 (age 51) Leeton, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Stephen Dunn (born 2 September 1973) is an Australian former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.
Dunn trained at the Australian Institute of Sport under Russian swimming coach Gennadi Touretski, who also taught Alexander Popov. Dunn was a specialist in the short course (25 m) events, and won several medals in the event in the 1990s. He was a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the medley events and set a world record in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur alongside Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim and Daniel Kowalski.
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming
- World record progression 400 metres individual medley
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
External links
- Matt Dunn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Preceded by | Men's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) 24 September 1998 – 23 February 2003 | Succeeded by |
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World short-course champions in men's 200 m individual medley
- 1993: Christian Keller (GER)
- 1995: Matthew Dunn (AUS)
- 1997: Matthew Dunn (AUS)
- 1999: Matthew Dunn (AUS)
- 2000: Jani Sievinen (FIN)
- 2002: Jani Sievinen (FIN)
- 2004: Thiago Pereira (BRA)
- 2006: Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2008: Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2010: Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2012: Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2014: Kosuke Hagino (JPN)
- 2016: Wang Shun (CHN)
- 2018: Wang Shun (CHN)
- 2021: Daiya Seto (JPN)
- 2022: Matthew Sates (RSA)