Andrew Mewing

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Andrew Mewing
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Mewing
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Montreal 4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Victoria 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Victoria 4×200 m freestyle

Andrew Mewing (born 1981) is a former national-team swimmer from Australia. He is also a past Executive member of the Australian Swimmers Association. [1]

He swam for Australia at:

He brought suit against Australia's national swimming federation, Swimming Australia in 2008, in an effort to get on Australia's 2008 Olympic team. [3]

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References

  1. Former Executive Committee Members Archived 21 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine from the website for the Australian Swimmers Association; retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. Medical student makes a golden splash at the Games, published by the University of Queensland on 2006-03-24; retrieved 2012-05-11.
  3. CAS 2008/A/1540: Andrew Mewing v. Swimming Australia Limited published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport 2008-05-09; retrieved 2012-05-11.