Brenton Rickard

Brenton Rickard
Personal information
Surname:	Brenton Rickard
Nickname (s):	Slick Rick
Nation:	Australia
Swimming style (s) :	chest
Society:	Brothers Swim Club
Birthday:	October 19, 1983
Place of birth:	Brisbane
Size:	1.95 m
Weight:	91 kg
Medal table

Brenton Rickard (born October 19, 1983 in Brisbane , Queensland ) is an Australian swimmer .

At the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne , Rickard won a full set of medals. With the Australian 4 × 100 m individual medal, he won the gold medal, the silver medal over the 200 m chest and the bronze medal over 100 m chest. He also took seventh place over 50 m in the same discipline.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , Rickard won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke in 02: 08.88 minutes. He finished fifth over the 100 m chest. He was successful at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi , where he won the 4 × 100 m medley relay and over 200 m chest; there was also a silver medal over 50 m breast and a bronze medal over 100 m breast.

International records

World records (1)
100 m chest	00: 58.58 min	July 27, 2009	Rome
(As of July 27, 2009)

Web links

Commons : Brenton Rickard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile on the side of the Australian Olympic Team (English)
• Brenton Rickard in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)