Matthew Dunn
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| Surname: | Matthew Dunn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname (s): | Frosted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia
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| Swimming style (s) : | Locations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | University of Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | 2nd September 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Leeton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.84 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 84 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Dunn (born September 2, 1973 in Leeton , New South Wales ) is a former Australian medley swimmer and Olympian.
Career
Dunn had specialized in the short course and was one of the most outstanding athletes in the world in the 1990s. Although he was a member of his country's Olympic squad several times due to his achievements from 1992 onwards , he was never able to win a medal at the Summer Olympics .
However, under his Russian coach Gennadi Touretski , who also looked after Alexander Popov , he achieved other significant successes. These include, for example, the three victories in the 200 and 400 meter medley as well as the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1995 World Short Course Championships in Rio de Janeiro and the defense of all three titles two years later. At the Commonwealth Games Dunn could win three gold medals in the course of his career and at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships even six.
International records
Dunn's most important international record was the world record over 400 meters on the short course, which he set on September 24, 1998 with 4: 04.24 minutes in Perth and which was only broken on February 23, 2003.
- → For more information, see the list of swimming world records over 400 meters .
On September 13, 1998, he undercut at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur with the Australian relay the world record over 4 × 200 meters freestyle to 7: 11.86 minutes. This value lasted until August 25, 1999, when again an Australian season - but without Matthew Dunn - swam faster.
- → For more information, see the list of swimming world records for 4 × 200 meters freestyle .
The swimmer from New South Wales still holds the record at the Commonwealth Games in 2: 00.26 minutes since September 11, 1998.
Web links
- Matthew Dunn in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
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| SURNAME | Dunn, Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd September 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeton , Australia |