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Brendon Smith (born 4 July 2000) is an Australian swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics and has competed in the Summer Universiade and the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials.

Brendon Smith

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 (age 22)[1] Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Griffith University[2] Nunawading (former)
Coach	Michael Bohl[2]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 1 0 Commonwealth Games 0 1 0 Universiade 0 0 1 Junior Pan Pacific Championships 0 1 1 Total 0 3 3 Men's swimming Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 400 m medley World Championships (LC) 2022 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 400 m medley Universiade 2019 Naples 4×200 m freestyle relay Junior Pan Pacific Championships 2018 Suva 400 m freestyle 2018 Suva 4×200 m freestyle relay

Background

Smith trained with the Nunawading Swimming Club in Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs until 2022.[3] In 2018 he was named by SwimSwam as one of the "20 Australians Under 20 You Need to be Watching" in the men's category.[4][2] In 2022, Smith left his swim club in Nunawading and began training with Michael Bohl at Griffith University.[2]

Smith is a student at La Trobe University, studying a Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Finance.[1]

Smith is a lifesaver at the Half Moon Bay SLSC in Black Rock, Victoria. He competed at the Australian Youth Lifesaving Team at the 2018 Lifesaving World Championships. Smith was the only Victorian on the team. He broke two records and took home five medals, including a win in the men's 17-18 200m Obstacle Race.[5]

Career

He competed at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in the 200 metre, 400 metre, and 800 metre freestyle events and the 200 metre individual medley, winning the silver medal in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:52.67.[6][7] A year later in 2019, Smith competed at the 2019 Summer Universiade[1] in Naples, Italy in the 200 metre breaststroke, 800 metre freestyle and 400 metre individual medley and won the bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay alongside Maxwell Carleton, Ashton Brinkworth, Jacob Hansford and Cameron Tysoe.[8]

2021 Summer Olympics Trials

Smith competed at the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials in the 200 metre, 800 metre, and 1500 metre freestyle events as well as both the 200 metre and 400 metre individual medley events. He qualified for the Australian Olympic swim team after achieving an Australian record in the 400 metre individual medley final with a time of 4:10.04, surpassing the previous record set by Thomas Fraser-Holmes at the 2013 Australian Swimming Championships with a time of 4:10.14.[9][10]

2020 Summer Olympics

2020 Summer Olympics
	400 m individual medley	4:10.38

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Smith broke both the Australian and Commonwealth record in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4.09.27 in the prelims heats.[11] In the final, he won a bronze medal in the event with a time of 4:10.38, which was 0.10 seconds slower than silver medalist in the event Jay Litherland of the United States, less than one second slower than the gold medalist in the event Chase Kalisz of the United States, and marked Australia's first medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.[12][13]

See also

• Chronological summary of the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Brendon Smith at FINA
• Brendon Smith at Swimming Australia
• Brendon Smith at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Brendon Smith at Olympics.com
• Brendon Smith at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Brendon Smith

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[es] Brendon Smith

Brendon Smith (Melbourne, 4 de julio de 2000) es un deportista australiano que compite en natación.[1] Participó en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020, obteniendo una medalla de bronce en la prueba de 400 m estilos.[2][3]

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[fr] Brendon Smith

Brendon Smith est un nageur australien né le 4 juillet 2000 à Melbourne. Il a remporté la médaille de bronze du 400 m 4 nages masculin aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020 à Tokyo. Il participe à l'International Swimming League au sein des New York Breakers.

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[it] Brendon Smith

Brendon Smith (Melbourne, 4 luglio 2000) è un nuotatore australiano.[1] Ha rappresentato la sua nazione ai Giochi Olimpici di Tokyo.

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[ru] Смит, Брендон (пловец)

Брендон Смит (англ. Brendon Smith; род. 4 июля 2000[2], Мельбурн) — австралийский пловец. Бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 2020 в Токио, призёр летней Универсиады 2019 года.

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