sport.wikisort.org - AthleteCraig Julian Stevens (born 23 July 1980) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer specialising in the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[3]
Australian swimmer
Craig Stevens
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Full name | Craig Julian Stevens |
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National team | Australia |
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Born | (1980-07-23) 23 July 1980 (age 42) Sydney, New South Wales |
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Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
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Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Freestyle |
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Club | Sutherland Leisure Aquadot |
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Stevens was the bronze medallist in the 1500m freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games,[4] but he narrowly missed out on a medal in the 400m freestyle, finishing 4th.
In 2004, Stevens made his Olympic Games debut at Athens. There, he won silver as part of the Australian 4×200m relay team and also made the final in the 1500m. He relinquished his place in the 400m freestyle for world record holder Ian Thorpe, who had been disqualified from the event at the Australian trials.
Stevens was initially left out of the Australian team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in his home country. However, Ian Thorpe had to withdraw from the games due to illness, which allowed Stevens to take Thorpe's place in the team. After qualifying as the fastest heat swimmer, he again came 4th in the 400m freestyle final. He also contested the 1500m freestyle final and finished in 6th place.
In March 2007, Stevens won his first World Championship medal after finishing 3rd in the 800m freestyle final with a personal best time of 7:48.67. After the disqualification of Oussama Mellouli, Stevens was elevated to 2nd. At the same meet, he also broke the 15-minute barrier in the 1500m freestyle for the first time, finishing 6th in the final with a time of 14:59.11.
Stevens qualified for the Australian Olympic swimming team for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics on 29 March 2008 at the Australian Olympic Qualifiers at Homebush in Sydney. He qualified for both the 400m and 1500m freestyle events. He finished 2nd behind Grant Hackett in the 1500m with a personal best of 14:53.18, making him the third fastest Australian 1500m swimmer in history.
Stevens failed to qualify for the finals of the 400m freestyle at the Olympics as he was comprehensively out-swum, finishing in 8th place in heat three, 7 seconds behind the winner. In the 1500m freestyle, Stevens again failed to make the finals finishing 5th in heat four, some 17 seconds behind the winner and 8 seconds outside of his personal best.
Post-retirement life
Stevens retired from competitive swimming in 2008. After retiring from swimming, he worked first as a bank teller and then for Toyota. He is now head swimming coach at Sans Souci Leisure Centre in Sans Souci, New South Wales.[5][6]
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
References
World long-course champions in men's 4×200 m freestyle relay |
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- 1973:
Kurt Krumpholz, Robin Backhaus, Richard Klatt, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1975:
Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Joachim Geisler, Peter Nocke (FRG)
- 1978:
Bruce Furniss, Bill Forrester, Bobby Hackett, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1982:
Richard Saeger, Jeff Float, Kyle Miller, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1986:
Lars Hinneburg, Thomas Flemming, Dirk Richter, Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
- 1991:
Peter Sitt, Steffen Zesner, Stefan Pfeiffer, Michael Gross (GER)
- 1994:
Christer Wallin, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander, Anders Holmertz (SWE)
- 1998:
Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2001:
Grant Hackett, Bill Kirby, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2003:
Grant Hackett, Craig Stevens, Nicholas Sprenger, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2005:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2007:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
- 2009:
Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2011:
Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2013:
Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, Charlie Houchin, Ricky Berens (USA)
- 2015:
Dan Wallace, Robert Renwick, Calum Jarvis, James Guy (GBR)
- 2017:
Stephen Milne, Nicholas Grainger, Duncan Scott, James Guy (GBR)
- 2019:
Clyde Lewis, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Mack Horton (AUS)
- 2022:
Drew Kibler, Carson Foster, Trenton Julian, Kieran Smith (USA)
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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay |
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- 1985: USA (Heath, Biondi, Dillon, Oppel)
- 1987: USA (Dalbey, Biondi, Cetlinski, Oppel)
- 1989: USA (Stewart, Jorgensen, Olsen, Gjertsen)
- 1991: USA (Dalbey, Jorgensen, Hudepohl, Olsen)
- 1993: USA (Burgess, Eckerman, Taner, Davis)
- 1995: AUS (Allen, Housman, Dunn, Kowalski)
- 1997: USA (Carvin, Malchow, Taner, Davis)
- 1999: AUS (Thorpe, Kirby, Hackett, Klim)
- 2002: AUS (Hackett, Stevens, Cram, Thorpe)
- 2006: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
- 2010: USA (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
- 2014: USA (Dwyer, Phelps, Lochte, McLean)
- 2018: USA (Seliskar, Pieroni, Apple, Haas)
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На других языках
- [en] Craig Stevens (swimmer)
[fr] Craig Stevens (natation)
Craig Stevens, né le 23 juillet 1980 à Sydney, est un nageur australien spécialiste de la nage libre sur des distances allant du 200 m au 1500 m nage libre. Il prit part à l'obtention de la médaille d'argent du relais australien 4x200 m nage libre aux Jeux olympiques 2004 à Athènes. Qualifié sur 400 m nage libre lors de la compétition olympique, il avait choisi de céder sa place à son compatriote Ian Thorpe, futur médaillé d'or de la distance mais qui avait été disqualifié en raison d'une chute sur le plot de départ lors des sélections australiennes[1].
Lors des Championnats du monde 2007, il remporte la médaille de bronze sur le 800 m nage libre, sa première récompense internationale.
[it] Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens (Sydney, 23 luglio 1980) è un nuotatore australiano, vincitore di un argento olimpico e di un oro e un argento mondiali.
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