Justin Norris

Justin Neville Norris (born June 3, 1980 in Geraldton , Western Australia ) is an Australian swimmer. He specializes in butterfly swimming and pool swimming .

Norris grew up in Newcastle ( New South Wales ) and in 1999 moved to Canberra to the Australian Institute of Sport to train. At the Pan-Pacific Championships in Sydney in 1999 , Norris was nominated for the first time for the Australian national team. A year later at the Olympic Games in the same city, he did not make it into the final over 400 m medley. Over the 200 m butterfly he was considered an outsider to win, but in the final Norris risked everything and attacked the competition from the start. After 100 m he still led the field. In the end, he reached third place and thus surprisingly won the bronze medal.

At the 2001 World Championships , he won bronze over 200 m individual medley. At the 2003 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona , he only reached the final over 200 m butterfly and was seventh. At the 2002 Short Course World Championships in Moscow , Norris won silver in the 200 m butterfly.

At the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 he won three gold medals, over 200 m butterfly and over 200 m and 400 m medley.

Although he was able to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games , he did not reach a final there and was 11th in the 200 m butterfly and 400 m medley, and 27th in the 200 m medley.

In 2005, Norris stated that he would take a year off and return to his hometown of Newcastle.

He started at the trials for the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne , but could not qualify for this.

Norris owns the Justin Norris Swim Academy .

Characteristics

• Club: Hunter
• Height: 1.86 meters
• Weight: 82 kg
• Trainer: Eric Arnold

Web links

• Justin Norris Swim Academy
• Profile at Swimming Australia