Ashley Delaney

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Ashley Delaney
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Personal information
Full nameAshley Jason Delaney
Nickname"Ash"
National teamFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986 (age 39)
Sale, Victoria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Website ashleydelaney.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes backstroke
ClubNorthcote Swimming Club
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Manchester 50 m backstroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Irvine 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 Irvine 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 Delhi 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 Delhi 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 Delhi 200 m backstroke

Ashley Jason Delaney (born 11 April 1986) [1] is a national-record holding and Olympic and world championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Career

His first international success came at the 2006 Oceania Championships, where he set the Championships Records in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m backstroke.

At the 2008 Telstra Trials he qualified in the 100 m and the 200 m backstroke, placing first and second respectively to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He left Beijing with a silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, and a fifth-place finish in the 100m backstroke.

In 2009, he won all three backstroke events at the 2009 Telstra Trials, setting national records in the 50 and 200 m. At the World Championships, with arguably Australia's strongest leg absent (freestyler Eamon Sullivan), the medley relay team was overhauled by Germany, finishing with bronze.

In 2010 Delany was bested by longtime rival Hayden Stoeckel in all three backstrokes at the Australian Championships. At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Delaney won bronze in the 100 m backstroke. He backed up his form on the second night, taking silver in the 50 m. Night 3 saw him finish 4th in the 200m backstroke. On the final night Delaney collected another bronze in the medley relay.

Career Best Times

Long Course Personal bests
EventTimeRecord
50m Backstroke24.81Former AUS Record Holder
100m Backstroke53.10Former AUS Record Holder
200m Backstroke1:55.82Former AUS Record Holder
Short Course Personal bests
EventTimeRecord
50m Backstroke23.39
100m Backstroke50.18Former AUS Record Holder
200m Backstroke1:49.62Former AUS Record Holder

See also

References

  1. Delaney's bio Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine from Swimming Australia; updated 2010-06-16, retrieved 2010-07-06.