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Dylan Carter (born 30 January 1996) is a Trinidad and Tobago competitive swimmer. He is the Trinidad and Tobago record holder in the long course and short course 100 metre freestyle, 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, 50 metre butterfly, and 100 metre butterfly. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, he became the first swimmer representing Trinidad and Tobago to win a silver medal a World Short Course Championships, winning the silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly. He is the male overall winner for the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup.

Dylan Carter

Personal information
Nationality	Trinidad and Tobago
Born	(1996-01-30) 30 January 1996 (age 26)[1] Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Sport	Swimming
Event(s)	Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle
College team	University of Southern California
Coached by	Dave Salo
Achievements and titles
World finals	2016 (x2), 2018 (x2)
Personal best(s)	100m Freestyle (LCM): 48.52 (2019) 200m Freestyle (SCM): 1:42.47 (2016)
Medal record Representing  Trinidad and Tobago World Championships (SC) 2021 Abu Dhabi 50 m butterfly 2018 Hangzhou 50 m butterfly Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 50 m butterfly Pan American Games 2019 Lima 100 m backstroke Summer Youth Olympics 2014 Nanjing 50 m butterfly 2014 Nanjing 50 m freestyle Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla 100 m freestyle 2018 Barranquilla 50 m butterfly 2018 Barranquilla 50 m backstroke 2018 Barranquilla 50 m freestyle 2018 Barranquilla 4×100 m freestyle Representing the USC Trojans NCAA Championships 2015 Iowa City 4×100 y freestyle 2015 Iowa City 4×200 y freestyle 2018 Minneapolis 4×50 y medley 2017 Indianapolis 200 y freestyle 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 y freestyle 2018 Minneapolis 4×100 y medley

International career

2016–2018

Carter competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 100 metre freestyle.[2] Later in 2016, Carter competed at the FINA Short Course World Championships where he made the final in the 200m freestyle and finished 4th. He also finaled in the 50m butterfly where he finished 7th. Carter won the silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 50 m butterfly. Collegiately, he competed for the University of Southern California under head coach Dave Salo where he won 4 NCAA titles as a part of USCs relay team.

2019: Backstroke on the rise

2019 World Championships

In July 2019 at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, which took place in Gwangju, South Korea, Carter and Simone Sabbioni of Italy had wedge equipment malfunction during their starts in the 100 metre backstroke.[3][4][5] Officials required Carter and Sabbioni to re-swim the race alone, one at a time, after the malfunction was ruled due to the wedge apparatus failure if they wanted to compete in the semifinals.[4][5] In his re-swim, Carter advanced to the semifinals with his time of 54.03 seconds where he placed 16th overall with a time of 54.08 seconds.[3][4]

2021: Butterfly national records

2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and held in July and August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carter competed in four individual events.[6] In the 100 metre butterfly, Carter ranked 33rd and set a new national record with his time of 52.36 seconds.[7] For his other three individual events, Carter ranked 33rd in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.46 seconds, 22nd in the 100 metre freestyle with a 48.66, and 32nd in the 100 metre backstroke in a time of 54.82 seconds.[6]

International Swimming League

During match nine of the 2021 International Swimming League in Naples, Italy, Carter took third place in the short course 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.36, which broke the Trinidad and Tobago national record in the event he had previously set at 22.38 seconds in 2018.[8][7]

2021 World Short Course Championships

On 20 December 2021, Carter won the silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly in a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 21.98 seconds at the 2021 World Short Course Championships held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[9] His silver medal was the first medal other than a bronze medal to be won by a swimmer representing Trinidad and Tobago at a World Short Course Championships.[10] He also placed ninth in the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 49.87 seconds.[11] For his accomplishments, Carter received congratulations from the Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Sport and Community Development, Shamfa Cudjoe.[12]

2022

2022 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary with swimming competition in June, Carter placed fourth in the 50 metre butterfly with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 22.85 seconds and place fourteenth in the 100 metre freestyle with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 48.30 seconds.[13]

2022 Swimming World Cup

At the first stop of the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup, in Berlin, Germany, Carter won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 20.77 seconds, finishing 0.27 seconds ahead of silver medalist Kyle Chalmers of Australia and 0.28 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Florent Manaudou of France.[14][15][16] The following day, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a Trinidad and Tobago record and personal best time of 23.15 seconds, finishing 0.07 seconds ahead of silver medalist Thomas Ceccon of Italy.[16][17] Day three, he won a third gold medal, this time finishing first in the 50 metre butterfly with a 22.13, which was less than one-tenth of a second ahead of silver medalist Chad le Clos of South Africa.[18][19] His scores across all of his events in Berlin ranked him as the second highest-scoring male competitor with 57.3 points, which was only 1.0 point behind first-ranked Matthew Sates of South Africa.[20]

For the 50 metre freestyle on day one of the second stop of the World Cup circuit, starting 28 October in Toronto, Canada, Carter won the gold medal with a time of 20.91 seconds, which was less than two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Brooks Curry of the United States and bronze medalist Kyle Chalmers.[21] The following day, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 22.94 seconds, lowering his record mark from the first stop by over two-tenths of a second.[22][23][24] In the same session, approximately 30 minutes later, he placed fourth in the final of the 100 metre freestyle with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 46.36 seconds.[24] He brought his medal count for the World Cup to six gold medals on the third and final day in Toronto, winning the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.28 seconds, which was less than four-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Chad le Clos and bronze medalist Thomas Ceccon.[25][26][27]

Starting off the third and final stop, held in Indianapolis, United States with competition commencing on 3 November, Carter won a gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle in a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 20.72 seconds, the medal marked his seventh gold medal of the circuit.[28][29][30] The next day, he finished in a Trinidad and Tobago record, US Open record, and personal best time of 22.72 seconds in the final of the 50 metre backstroke to win the gold medal, a time which was 0.22 seconds faster than his previous best mark and 0.11 seconds slower than the World Cup record of 22.61 seconds set in 2009 by Peter Marshall of the United States.[31][32] Day three of three, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a US Open record time of 21.99 seconds.[33][34] His win brought his final score across all three stops of the 2022 World Cup to 172.6 points, which earned him the title of overall male winner for the year.[20][34][35]

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Event	Time		Meet	Location	Date	Notes	Ref
50 m freestyle	21.91	h, so	2022 World Aquatics Championships	Budapest, Hungary	23 June 2022		[1]
100 m freestyle	48.30	sf	2022 World Aquatics Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21 June 2022	NR	[1]
50 m backstroke	24.83		2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	24 July 2018	NR	[1]
100 m backstroke	54.03	h	2019 World Aquatics Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	22 July 2019	NR	[3][4]
50 m butterfly	22.85		2022 World Aquatics Championships	Budapest, Hungary	19 June 2022	NR	[1]
100 m butterfly	52.36	h	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	29 July 2021	NR	[1]

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Event	Time		Meet	Location	Date	Notes	Ref
50 m freestyle	20.72		2022 Swimming World Cup	Indianapolis, United States	3 November 2022	NR	[28][29][30]
100 m freestyle	46.36		2022 Swimming World Cup	Toronto, Canada	29 October 2022	NR	[24]
50 m backstroke	22.72		2022 Swimming World Cup	Indianapolis, United States	4 November 2022	NR, US	[31][32]
100 m backstroke	49.91		2020 International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	22 November 2020	NR	[1]
50 m butterfly	21.98		2021 World Short Course Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	20 December 2021	NR	[9]
100 m butterfly	49.87	sf	2021 World Short Course Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	17 December 2021	NR	[11]

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Carter has won at Swimming World Cup circuits.[36]

Edition	Gold medals	Silver medals	Bronze medals	Total
2022	9	0	0	9
Total	9	0	0	9

Awards

• SwimSwam Swammy Award Central American and Caribbean Athlete of the Year (male): 2018,[37] 2020,[38] 2021[39]

References

External links

• Dylan Carter at FINA
• Dylan Carter at SwimRankings.net
• Dylan Carter at Olympics.com
• Dylan Carter at Olympedia
• Dylan Carter at the Commonwealth Games Federation
• Dylan Carter at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sporting positions
Preceded by Matthew Sates	FINA Swimming World Cup Overall male winner 2022	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Dylan Carter (Santa Clara, Estados Unidos, 30 de enero de 1996) es un deportista trinitense que compite en natación.[1][2]

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