Justin Norris

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Justin Norris
Personal information
Full nameJustin Neville Norris
NicknamePapa Norris
National teamFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1980-06-03) 3 June 1980 (age 45)
Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
SpouseBrooke Norris
Children6, including Sabre Norris
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, medley
ClubHunter Swimming Club
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney 200 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2001 Fukuoka200 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Moscow 200 m butterfly
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 Manchester200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 Manchester400 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 Manchester200 m butterfly

Justin Neville Norris (born 3 June 1980) is an Australian butterfly and individual medley swimmer and singer who won the bronze medal in the 200 metres butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. [1] He is the father of X-Games medalist Sabre Norris.

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Early life

Coming from Stockton, New South Wales, Norris relocated to the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra in 1999 after being awarded a scholarship. He subsequently gained selection for Australia at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney.

Swimming career

At his first Olympics in Sydney, Norris made a poor start, missing the final of the 400-metre individual medley. However, he qualified for the final of the 200-metre butterfly, where he was considered an outsider. Norris attacked from the start, contesting the lead over the first 100-metre. Willed on by a partisan home crowd, he managed to hang on to the third position as the favourites surged for the finish line. While being interviewed on the pool deck, a bewildered Norris repeatedly used what has become his winning catchphrase – "I'm stoked." [2]

In 2001, Norris claimed another bronze medal at the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, this time in the 200-metre individual medley, and in 2002 collected triple gold in the 200-metre and 400-metre individual medley and the 200-metre butterfly at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. However, in 2003, he had no success in his three events, failing to medal at the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he failed to reach a single final.

Singing

Since childhood, Norris was classically trained in opera and learned to play guitar. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Norris performed opera and punk rock for private events. In 2000, Norris performed a song at the Olympic Games in Sydney during a training session to inspire fellow team members. A year later in 2001, Norris performed on stage with American punk rock band Pennywise during a concert at Canberra.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dillon, Robert (18 July 2012). "JUSTIN NORRIS: SWIMMING: A HISTORY OF HUNTER OLYMPIANS". The Newcastle Herald.
  2. ↑ Jameson, Neil (11 September 2010). "FUN AND GAMES: COVER STORY". The Newcastle Herald.
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