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| Matthew
WILSON |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
Australia
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 08 Dec 1998
in Penrith, AUS |
| Height | 1.86 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Sydney, NSW, AUS |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre [SOPAC] Swim Team: Australia |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Exercise Science, Sports Science - Australian Catholic University: Sydney, NSW, AUS |
General Interest |
Injuries |
Ahead of the 2019 Australian Championships in Adelaide, he sustained a grade one hamstring strain while training. (sbs.com.au, 08 Apr 2019) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning bronze in the 200m breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (swimming.org.au, 01 Nov 2018) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
His parents enrolled him in swimming lessons for pool safety, and his childhood dream soon became to represent Australia in swimming. He was spurred on to become a stronger swimmer as a child after he was unable to finish a 100m race at a school swimming gala in his early years. |
General Interest |
Most influential person in career |
Coach Adam Kable. (NSW Institute of Sport YouTube channel, 28 Jun 2017) |
Hero / Idol |
Australian swimmer Christian Sprenger. (gc2018.com, 01 Mar 2018) |
Awards and honours |
In 2019 and 2020 he was named Oceania Male Swimmer of the Year by swimming news website SwimSwam. (swimswam.com, 15 Dec 2020; 28 Dec 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He learnt to swim as a child at Eva Bory's Swim School in Sydney, NSW, Australia. "I didn't start squad [training] until I was eight and started competing at age nine." |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English, German |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Matt (Instagram profile, 14 Apr 2021) |
Other information |
RIO REDEMPTION
He won the 200m breaststroke final at the 2016 Australian Championships, which doubled as the national trials for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. However, his winning time of 2:09.90 missed Swimming Australia's qualifying time of 2:09.64 and he was not selected to compete at the Games in Rio de Janeiro. "[Missing the 2016 Olympic Games] was probably the best thing that could happen to me. It's made me more mentally resilient to my competitors. [In 2020] I want to prove to myself that I can perform on the Olympic stage." (Swimming NSW Facebook page, 13 Mar 2019)
BREASTSTROKE FOCUS
He began focusing on breaststroke in 2016. "I started out as a medley swimmer. Coming into 2016 I started moving towards breaststroke as I thought it would be my best chance of making the Olympic team. So I knuckled down, started doing breaststroke, and I've stuck with it ever since." (Swimming NSW Facebook page, 13 Mar 2019) |
Hobbies |
Supporting Australian rugby league team Cronulla Sharks. (foxsports.com.au, 25 Jul 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Adam Kable [club] |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 22 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:00.03 |
| 14 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:10.10 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 14 |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:11.44 |
| 2 |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| 2 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
200m Breaststroke |
2:06.68 |
| Semifinal |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
100m Breaststroke |
59.26 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:30.42 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:39.08 |
| 8 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:10.37 |
| Heats |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Breaststroke |
27.69 |
| Heats |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| 2 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 46 |
2018 |
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Overall Ranking |
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| 3 |
2018 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Individual Medley |
1:54.50 |
| 3 |
2018 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:03.26 |
| 2 |
2018 |
Beijing, CHN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:40.53 |
| 5 |
2018 |
Beijing, CHN |
100m Individual Medley |
52.97 |
| 5 |
2018 |
Beijing, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
57.52 |
| 2 |
2018 |
Beijing, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:33.22 |
| 6 |
2018 |
Singapore, SGP |
100m Individual Medley |
53.08 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Singapore, SGP |
100m Breaststroke |
57.24 |
| 5 |
2018 |
Singapore, SGP |
200m Individual Medley |
1:54.78 |
| 6 |
2018 |
Singapore, SGP |
50m Breaststroke |
26.55 |
| 5 |
2018 |
Singapore, SGP |
200m Breaststroke |
2:03.56 |
| 1 |
2018 |
Singapore, SGP |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:39.69 |
| 8 |
2018 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Individual Medley |
53.12 |
| 7 |
2018 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
57.79 |
| 6 |
2018 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Individual Medley |
1:55.18 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:02.89 |
| 1 |
2018 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:39.74 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:04.24 |
| 8 |
2017 |
Beijing, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
58.01 |
| 2 |
2017 |
Beijing, CHN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:40.08 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Singapore, SGP |
200m Breaststroke |
2:05.62 |
| 1 |
2017 |
Singapore, SGP |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:38.65 |
| 1 |
2017 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:39.05 |
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