Ashley Callus
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| Surname: | Ashley John Callus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Iona College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | March 10, 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Brisbane , Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.88 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 85 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashley John Callus (born March 10, 1979 in Brisbane , Queensland ) is an Australian swimmer who specializes in short freestyle distances. His trainer is Chris Urquhart.
Callus' biggest success was winning the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney with the 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay. The Australian season, consisting of Michael Klim , Chris Fydler , Callus and Ian Thorpe , surprisingly won in a new world record time against the favored Americans .
Two years later at the World Short Course Championships in Moscow Callus achieved his greatest success in a single race when he took first place in the 100 m freestyle. He also won silver there with the 4 × 100 m individual relay. At the 2006 World Short Course Championships in Shanghai , he won gold in the 4 × 100 m individual relay.
At the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 , he won gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and silver in the 100 m freestyle. In 2006 in Melbourne he won silver with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.
Web links
- Ashley Callus in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
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| SURNAME | Callus, Ashley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Callus, Ashley John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brisbane , Queensland , Australia |