Australian Athletes

Current Australian Swimmers
	Matt Jaukovic is a former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly (Short Course 2008). Current Commonwealth Holder 50m Butterfly (short course 2009). Current Australian Champion 50 Butterfly (short course 2009). World Cup Champion 50 and 100m Butterfly (short course 2008) Telstra Silver Dolphin Squad 2009.
	Jono Newton Australian Short Course Champion 50m Freestyle 2008 World University Games Tour 2009, 2006 Telstra Silver Dolphin Squad 2008, 2009.
	Matt Abood Swam personal best times in the 50m and 100m freestyle at the Rome World Championships. Set an Australian record in the 100m freestyle at the 2009 Telstra Short Course Championships in Hobart. Won his first national title in the 50m freestyle at the 2009 Telstra Australian Championships in March, qualifying for the FINA World Championships. Won the men’s 4x100m relay at the Duel in the Pool against Japan in Canberra in May 2009.

Past Australian Representatives
	Chris Fydler is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. His finest hour came eight years later, when he was a member of the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team that defeated the United States and won the gold medal in the prestigious event.
	Elka Graham competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200m and 400m freestyle events, also swimming the 800m freestyle. She represented Australia at numerous international meets, including the Pan Pacific Championships, World Swimming Championships at Fukuoka in 2001 and Barcelona in 2003 - where she overcame health scares to compete - and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
	Matthew Dunn is a former Olympic freestyle and medley swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992. Dunn was a specialist in the short course (25 m) events; there he won several medals in the 1990s. He was a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the medley events and set a world record in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
	Phil Rogers is a former breaststroke swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992. At his Olympic debut he won the bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke, followed by a bronze in 1996 in the 4x100m Medley Relay. During his last Olympic appearance, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was the oldest member of the Australian Swimming Team, at age 29.
	Michelle Englesman Australia's sprint champion acheived the following results: 2008 World Short Course Championships Semi-finalist in 50m freestyle 2007 World University Games 5th Place finish in 50 freestyle 2006 Pan Pacific Championships: 6th Place finish, 50 freestyle 2006 World Short Course Championships Silver 4 x 100 freestyle relay,10th place 50 freestyle 2004 Olympic Games: Finalist in Athens, finishing 6th place. Achieved Australian Record for 50 freestyle in the heats of the Olympic Trials 2003 World University Games:Silver Medalist for 50 freestyle. Australian Women's Team Swimming Captain
	Kirsten Thomson is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. At the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Kirsten collected a silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay
	Jacinta van Lint is an Australian freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Training at the University of Sydney club in New South Wales, van Lint swum in the heats, before the team of Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney, Kirsten Thomson and Petria Thomas trailed the United States home in the final.
	Malcolm Allen is a former freestyle swimmer who competed for Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He placed 13th in the 400m Freestyle, and ended up fourth with the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team. A year earlier, at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, he won the bronze medal in the 400m Freestyle.
	Tim La Forest is a former sprint freestyler who represented Australia at the Oceania games claiming a sliver medal in the 100 freestyle and 2 Gold in the 4 x 100 medley and freestyle relays. Tim also attended World University Games in 2005 and 2007.
	Louis Paul was an Australian freestyle swimmers claiming a silver medal at the World Short Course Championships in the 4 x 200 relay in 2007.
	Brett Hawke was regarded as the top sprinter in Australia. He is a five-time Australian champion and former Australian Record holder in the 50 m freestyle (22.07), which he set in the semifinals of the 2004 Olympics. Hawke retired from competitive swimming after the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he won bronze in the 50 m freestyle and silver with the 4x100 m freestyle relay. Hawke finished his career with seven international medals.

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