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Mack Horton
Personal information
Full nameMackenzie Horton
NationalityAustralian
Born (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28)[2]
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubMelbourne Vicentre[1]
CoachCraig Jackson[1]
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Gold Coast 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gold Coast 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2013 Dubai 4×200 m freestyle
Updated on 24 August 2014

Mackenzie "Mack" Horton (born 25 April 1996 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a Australian freestyle swimmer.

Career

Horton first represented Australia at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Honolulu, where he won gold in the 1500 metre freestyle in a championship record time of 15:10.07.[3] At the same meet, he finished second in the 400 metre freestyle[4] and 4th in the 800 metre freestyle.[5]

Two months later at the final leg of the 2012 World Cup in Singapore, Horton won the 1500 metre freestyle event in 14:54.25.[6]

At the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Horton won gold in the 1500 metre freestyle event.[7]

Eight months later at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Dubai, Horton won five gold medals and a silver. He took out the 200 m,[8] 400 m,[9] 800 m[10] and 1500 m freestyle events[11] and alongside Luke Percy, Regan Leong and Blake Jones won the 4×100 m freestyle relay[12] all in new Championships record times. The team of Horton, Leong, Isaac Jones and Jack McLoughlin finished second behind the British in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event.[13]

Horton qualified for his first senior team at the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships where he won the 1500 metre freestyle in 14:51.55[14] and finished second behind David McKeon in the 400 metre freestyle in 3:44.60,[15] setting two new junior world records.[16] Horton also finished 5th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:47.36[17] which also set a new junior world record.[18]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Horton won the silver medal in the 1500 metre freestyle in new junior world record time[19] of 14:48.76[20] and narrowly missed the podium in the 400 metre freestyle finishing in fourth place in 3:44.91.[21] In the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event, Horton alongside Thomas Fraser-Holmes, David McKeon and Ned McKendry finished as the fastest qualifies with Horton swimming the anchor leg in 1:49.17.[22] In the final, Horton was replaced by Cameron McEvoy and they went on to win the gold in a new games record time of 7:07.38.[23]

Three weeks later at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Australia, Horton won the silver medal in the 800 metre freestyle in 7.47.73,[24] the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle in 14:52.78[25] and with McKeon, McEvoy and Fraser-Holmes won bronze in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in 7:08.55.[26]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile of Mack Horton". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Profile of Mack Horton". Glasgow 2014. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Results of the boys' 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". Pan Pacific Swimming Association. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Results of the boys' 400 metre freestyle at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". Pan Pacific Swimming Association. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Results of the boys' 800 metre freestyle at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". Pan Pacific Swimming Association. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Results of the men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Singapore" (pdf). Omega SA. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Results of the boys' 1500 metre freestyle at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival". AOC. January 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Results of the boys' 200 metre freestyle final at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships" (pdf). FINA. 31 August 2013. p. 42. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Results of the boys' 400 metre freestyle final at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships" (pdf). FINA. 31 August 2013. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Results of the boys' 800 metre freestyle final at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships" (pdf). FINA. 31 August 2013. p. 73. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Results of the boys' 1500 metre freestyle final at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships" (pdf). FINA. 31 August 2013. p. 141. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Results of the boys' 4 × 100 metre freestyle final at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships" (pdf). FINA. 31 August 2013. p. 23. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Results of the boys' 4 × 200 metre freestyle final at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships" (pdf). FINA. 31 August 2013. p. 95. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Results of the men's 1500 metre freestyle final at the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle final at the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  16. ^ Marsteller, Jason (1 April 2014). "FINA world junior records can begin being set today". Swimming World Magazine. Sports Publications International. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Results of the men's 200 metre freestyle final at the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  18. ^ Marsteller, Jason (2 April 2014). "Thomas Fraser-Holmes proves successful with difficult double on night two of Aussie nationals". Swimming World Magazine. Sports Publications International. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  19. ^ "Park Tae-Hwan leads the speed in realm of rare catch-up mission for USA at Pan Pacs". swimvortex.com. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  20. ^ "Results of the men's 1500 metre freestyle final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Glasgow 2014. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  21. ^ "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Glasgow 2014. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  22. ^ "Results of heat 2 of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Glasgow 2014. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  23. ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Glasgow 2014. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  24. ^ "Results of the men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  25. ^ "Results of the men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  26. ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

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