Kenrick Monk

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Kenrick Monk
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Monk at 2010 Santa Clara Grand Prix
Personal information
Full nameKenrick John Monk
National teamFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 35)
Blacktown, New South Wales
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubSOPAC
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Manchester 200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Manchester 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
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Irvine 4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Delhi 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle

Kenrick John Monk (born 1 January 1988) is an Australian swimmer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as well as at an international level through the FINA World Aquatics Championships, Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, and the Commonwealth Games. [1] Outside of the pool, Monk gained attention in 2011 after he falsely claimed to have been involved in a deliberate hit-and-run accident.

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Early life

Born in 1988 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Monk attended Quakers Hill High School. He started swimming at the age of four while in Blacktown, and at 14 he started training with coach Tony Shaw, who also trained Grant Brits. [1] [2]

Swimming career

Monk competed in his first Commonwealth Games in 2006, after being asked to fill in for Ian Thorpe. He finished seventh in the 100m freestyle event, and ninth in the 200m. As a member of the Australian men's relay team, he won gold in the 4×100-metre medley (as a heat swimmer) and bronze in the 4×200-metre freestyle. [3] Later that year he competed in the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, finishing sixth in the 200-metre freestyle, and taking the bronze medal in the men's 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relay events. [3]

Monk came fourth in the 200-metre freestyle at his first World Aquatics Championship in 2007, [4] an achievement that he regarded as one of his best. [1] He was part of the Australian team that won a silver medal in the corresponding relay event. [5]

In 2008, Monk won two gold medals at the FINA Short Course World Championships in the 200m freestyle individual competition and the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay. [3] This led to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, although there he was less successful, finishing 22nd in the 200-metre freestyle event. [3]

After the disappointment of the Beijing Olympics, Monk announced that he was moving to Brisbane to train with Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Stephanie Rice under coach Michael Bohl. [6] Subsequently he finished third in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championship and fifth in the individual 200-metre freestyle. [3] His second Commonwealth Games was the following year, in 2010, where Monk won silver in the individual 200 m freestyle and gold in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. [3]

In 2012, in the 200-metre freestyle, Monk finished 2nd behind Thomas Fraser-Holmes at the Australian trials in Adelaide and qualified for the London Olympics. In London, he could not enter the final of the 200-metre freestyle, finishing 7th in his semi-final, and finished 5th in the final with the Australian 4×200-metre freestyle relay team.

Accident and police investigation

In September 2011, Monk was involved in an accident that put his 2011/2012 season in doubt, in which he fractured his elbow in two places during the leadup to the 2012 Olympic Games. [7] Monk claimed to have been deliberately hit by a car while riding his bike, and a police investigation was launched. [7] However, after a witness emerged who contradicted Monk's statement, it was revealed that he had not been involved in a hit-and-run, but had instead fallen off his skateboard and lied about the cause of the accident. Monk stated that his fabrication was to hide the true cause, as he was "not supposed to be engaging in dangerous or high impact sports". [8]

As a result of making a false statement to police, Monk faced a possible $10,000 fine, three-year jail term and disciplinary action from Swimming Australia. [9] [10] In late November 2011, the Queensland Police Service announced that they would not be pursuing charges, but he was fined by Swimming Australia and received a letter of reprimand from the Queensland police. In response, the president of the Queensland Police Union spoke out against the decision, arguing against Swimming Australia's defence of Monk, and stated that "The public rightly expect that no one should deliberately waste the time of police, whether they be wannabe B-grade celebrity athletes like this modern-day 'boy who cried wolf', Kenrick Monk, or just regular people." [10]

Facebook picture

In June 2012, Kenrick Monk and Nick D'Arcy published a picture on Facebook where they were holding automatic pistols and pump-action shotguns, drawing extended criticism. After review by Swimming Australia, they were allowed to participate in the London Olympics but were asked to leave the Olympic village as soon as their swimming competition was over. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kenrick Monk - Biography". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  2. ↑ "Monk a stand out". Blacktown Advocate. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kenrick Monk". Swimming Australia. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Men's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). fina.org. 27 March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle" (PDF). fina.org. 30 March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  6. ↑ Jeffery, Nicole (2 October 2008). "Libby tells coach: train me like a man". The Australian. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  7. 1 2 Hanson, Ian (28 September 2011). "Kenrick Monk In Hit-and-Run Accident in Brisbane". Swimming World. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  8. ↑ Stannard, Damian (1 October 2011). "Olympic hopeful Kenrick Monk fabricated story about being knocked off his bike by motorist". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  9. ↑ Halloran, Jessica (9 October 2011). "Kenrick Monk on thin ice as police circle". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  10. 1 2 Halloran, Jessica (27 November 2011). "Police furious as swimmer Kenrick Monk escapes punishment". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Nick D'Arcy and Kenrich Monk punished for photos by AOC. Herald Sun, 9 June 2012
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