Matthew Sates

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Matthew Sates
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Sates
NicknameMatt
National teamFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Born (2003-07-28) 28 July 2003 (age 20) [1]
South Africa
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, individual medley, freestyle
Club
Seals Swimming Club
(current)
Georgia Bulldogs
(former)
College team University of Georgia (former) [2]
CoachWayne Riddin (Personal)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 200 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 400 m medley
Representing the Georgia Bulldogs
Event1st2nd3rd
NCAA Championships 111
Total111
By race
Event1st2nd3rd
200 y freestyle001
500 y freestyle100
4×200 y freestyle010
Total111
NCAA Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Atlanta 500 y freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Atlanta 4×200 y freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Atlanta 200 y freestyle

Matthew Sates (born 28 July 2003) is a South African swimmer. He is the African record holder in the short course 200 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle, and 200 metre individual medley as well as the South African record holder in the 400 metre individual medley. He is the 2022 World Short Course champion in the 200 metre individual medley and bronze medalist in the 400 metre individual medley. At the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships, he won the NCAA title in the 500 yard freestyle. For the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, he was the overall male winner, earning a total of 18 medals, including 13 gold medals.

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Background and details

Sates was born on 28 July 2003 and lives in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa with his mother and sister. [1] He reportedly became a swimmer at a young age when he followed his older brother Tim into swimming. [1] He has said of the sport, "Swimming has just always been a part of me." [3] He attended St. Charles College in Pietermaritzburg. [3]

He trains by Wayne Riddin at Seals Swimming Club in Pietermaritzburg and verbally committed to entering the University of Georgia in 2022 to train under Neil Versfeld, [3] a renowned South African Olympic swimmer and coach. [4] Competing for the Georgia Bulldogs during the 2021–2022 collegiate season, he won the NCAA title in the 500 yard freestyle in March 2022 before permanently relocating back to South Africa in April 2022 and becoming a professional swimmer. [5] [6]

Career

2019 World Junior Championships

At the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Sates placed tenth in the 4×100 metre medley relay, 20th in the 200 metre individual medley with a 2:05.01, 29th in the 100 metre butterfly in 55.23 seconds, 37th in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:21.55, 40th in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:04.42, and 46th in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 30.43 seconds. [7]

2021

2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2021 South African Grand Prix in Durban in May 2021, Sates achieved Olympic Games cuts for the 200 metre individual medley, 1:57.60 in the prelims heats, and 100 metre butterfly, 51.83 seconds in a time trial. [8] He competed in two events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] He qualified to compete in the Olympics (delayed until July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) in May 2021 [14] and was called "the next Michael Phelps" in the media leading up to the start of competition. [15] At the 2020 Olympic Games, Sates finished 14th in the 200 metre individual medley, just two places behind Chase Kalisz of the United States, and 32nd in the 100 metre butterfly. [16]

2021 Swimming World Cup

In the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, which consisted of four competitions across two continents in October 2021 and was conducted in short course metres, Sates was the overall highest-scoring male competitor with a total of 227 points across all four stops that earned him $140,000 of prize money. [17] [18] He also earned the most medals amongst all competitors, male or female, with a total of eighteen medals, which included thirteen gold medals, four silver medals, and one bronze medal. [19]

Sates set his first world junior record of the World Cup circuit at the first stop, in Berlin, Germany, with a time of 1:51.45 in the 200 metre individual medley on 2 October. [20] [21] His swim also moved him to the eighth fastest swimmer in the event in history, just two spots and 31-hundredths of a second behind Caeleb Dressel of the United States. [22] The next day, Sates set his second world junior record of the World Cup circuit with a time of 1:40.65 in the 200 metre freestyle, where he won the gold medal and finished less than two-tenths of a second ahead of the silver medalist in the event Kyle Chalmers of Australia. [23] [24] [25] These first two world junior records earned Sates the number two spot on Swimming World's "The Week That Was" honour for the week of 4 October 2021. [26] Four days later, on 7 October, at the second stop of the World Cup, held in Budapest, Hungary, Sates set his third world junior record, this time in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:37.92. [27] [28] Sates winning multiple medals, setting multiple world junior records, and winning the overall male title was ranked as the number one moment from the 2021 Swimming World Cup by FINA. [29]

2021 World Short Course Championships

Sates entered to compete in five individual events, the 200 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle, 100 metre individual medley, 200 metre individual medley, and 400 metre individual medley, for the 2021 World Short Course Championships at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. [30] [31] Two days before the start of the competition, Sates was announced as withdrawing from the championships due to travel restrictions making it hard for him to leave the country of South Africa due to a surge in a new variant of COVID-19. [32]

2022

On 21 January 2022, Sates arrived in Athens, Georgia in the United States to start competing collegiately as part of the Georgia Bulldogs at the University of Georgia with his first competition appearance scheduled for 29 January 2022. [2] In his first collegiate competition, a dual meet against Emory University on 29 January, Sates won the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:33.89. [33] He also swam a 4:31.29 in the 500 yard freestyle and a 1:49.23 in the 200 yard individual medley swimming exhibition. [34]

2022 Southeastern Conference Championships

In his first collegiate conference championships, the 2022 Southeastern Conference, SEC, Championships in February 2022, Sates swam a 1:31.82 for the lead-off leg of the 4×200 yard freestyle relay to help take second-place in 6:09.32 on day one. [35] [36] His time of 1:31.82 ranked Sates as the fifth-fastest male freshman in the 200 yard freestyle in the history of the NCAA, behind Townley Haas, Dean Farris, Cameron Craig, and Drew Kibler. [37] In the prelims heats of the 500 yard freestyle on day two, Sates lowered his personal best time in the event by approximately 17 seconds to a 4:13.65 to rank third overall heading into the final. [38] For the final of the 500 yard freestyle, Sates set a new pool record in a time of 4:09.06 and placed first, finishing over one second ahead of second-place finisher Kieran Smith. [39] He qualified ranking first for the final of the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:32.59 in the prelims heats on day three. [40] In the final, he won with a time of 1:31.16, breaking the pool record of 1:31.65 set in 2013 and finishing 0.23 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Brooks Curry. [41] On Day four of competition, Sates ranked third in the prelims heat of the 200 yard butterfly, qualifying for the final with a time of 1:41.91, which was 1.83 seconds behind first-ranked Luca Urlando. [42] In the final, he placed second with a 1:39.88, this time finishing 0.88 seconds behind Luca Urlando. [43] [44] For the 4×100 yard medley relay later in the session, Sates and Luca Urlando were part of the same relay team, with Sates splitting a 46.03 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help finish fourth in 3:04.76. [44] On the fifth and final day, he led off the 4×100 yard freestyle relay in 42.71 to help achieve a time of 2:50.65 and a fourth-place finish. [45]

Following his performances at the SEC Championships, Sates swam the 400 yard individual medley in 3:41.85 and the 200 yard individual medley in 1:44.83 at the 2022 Bulldog Last Chance Meet in an attempt to see if he could qualify for the 2022 NCAA Championships in the events. [46]

2022 NCAA Championships

2022 NCAA Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 500 yd freestyle 4:06.61 (CR)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 4×200 yd freestyle 6:05.59
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 200 yd freestyle 1:30.72

On day one of the 2022 NCAA Championships in March, Sates opened the 4×200 yard freestyle with a 1:30.78 for the lead-off leg, helping achieve a final mark of 6:05.59 and a second-place finish. [47] The morning of day two, he ranked first in the prelims heats of the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 4:08.73, qualifying for the evening final. [48] He swam a 4:06.61 in the final, winning the event and setting new NCAA Championships and pool records. [49] [50] [51] [5] On the third day, he advanced to the final of the 200 yard freestyle, ranking second behind Drew Kibler with a time of 1:31.11 from the prelims heats. [52] [53] In the final, he won his second individual medal of the Championships, finishing third with a personal best time of 1:30.72. [54] For his second final of the session, he swam the 100 yard butterfly portion of the 4×100 yard medley relay in 46.39 seconds, contributing to a final time of 3:03.92 and a twelfth-place finish. [55] On the fourth and final day, he swam a 1:43.34 and placed 29th in the 200 yard butterfly. [55] Concluding his first NCAA Championships, Sates swam a 42.90 for the third leg of the 4×100 yard freestyle relay to help place eleventh in a combined time of 2:48.81. [55]

2022 South Africa Championships

At the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha in April, Sates qualified for the final of the 400 metre freestyle on day one with a time of 3:54.94 in the prelims heats. [56] In the evening finals session, he won the gold medal in the 400 metre freestyle with a 3:49.37 and the bronze medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 24.28 seconds. [57] [58] On day two, he swam a 1:47.09 in the prelims heats of the 200 metre freestyle to qualify for the evening final ranking first. [59] In the final, he won the gold medal with a time of 1:46.15, which achieved him a qualifying time in the 200 metre freestyle for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games, and won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, swimming the lead-off leg for the relay team from KwaZulu-Natal. [60] [61] [62] [63] It was his first time qualifying for a World Aquatics Championships and a Commonwealth Games. [64] On the third day, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 48.97 seconds. [65] [66] For the 100 metre butterfly on day four, he won the silver medal with a time of 52.06 seconds, finishing only behind Chad le Clos. [67] [68] In the first prelims heat of the 200 metre individual medley on the sixth and final day, he swam a World Championships and Commonwealth Games qualifying time of 1:59.13 and qualified for the evening final, where he went on to lower his time to a 1:58.37 and win the gold medal. [69] [70] [71] [72] He had also entered to swim the 400 metre individual medley and 200 metre butterfly; however, due to wear on his shoulders from swimming butterfly, he chose to withdraw and not compete in those events. [60] In May, Swimming South Africa also named Sates to the World Championships team in the 100 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle. [73] In June, he was named to the 2022 Commonwealth Games swim team representing South Africa. [74]

2022 Mare Nostrum

At the 2022 Mare Nostrum stop in Monaco, Sates swam a personal best time of 1:57.43 in the 200 metre individual medley, winning the event. [75] A few days later, at the stop in Barcelona, Spain, he won the 200 metre freestyle with another personal best time, finishing in 1:45.91 and setting a new meet record in the event. [76] [77]

2022 World Aquatics Championships

In the preliminaries of the 200 metre freestyle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships on 19 June, Sates qualified for the semifinals ranking fourteenth with a 1:47.28. [78] He tied Katsuhiro Matsumoto of Japan for twelfth-place in the semifinals with a time of 1:46.63. [79] [80] The day before, he placed eleventh in the preliminaries of the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:14.81. [81] For the prelims of the 200 metre individual medley two days later, he swam a 1:58.61 and qualified for the semifinals ranking seventh. [82] Finishing with a time of 1:57.74 in semifinal heat number two, he qualified for the final ranking eighth. [83] In the final, he swam a 1:58.27 and placed eighth. [84] The final of the 200 metre individual medley was both his first final at a long course metres World Championships as well as the first final at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in which South Africa had a swimmer compete. [85] [86] One day later, he placed 41st in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 54.17 seconds. [87]

2022 Commonwealth Games

Day one of swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England, Sates advanced to the final in the 400 metre freestyle ranking sixth in the preliminaries with a time of 3:49.69. [88] [89] He placed seventh in the final with a time of 3:50.07. [90] [91] On day two, he ranked seventh in the preliminaries of the 200 metre freestyle with a 1:48.25 and qualified for the event final. [92] Later, in the same preliminaries session, he achieved a qualification for the final in the 400 metre individual medley, ranking third overall with a time of 4:19.04. [93] He lowered his time to 1:47.75 in the evening final of the 200 metre freestyle, placing sixth. [94] For the final of the 400 metre individual medley, he placed fourth with a time of 4:16.61. [95] Three days later, he ranked fourteenth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 54.02 seconds and qualified for the semifinals. [96]

Sates withdrew from the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly, instead focusing on the 4×200 metre freestyle relay final, where he split a 1:47.07 for the lead-off leg of the relay to help achieve a final mark of 7:13.76 and place sixth. [97] The next morning, he swam the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay in a time of 53.57 seconds in the preliminaries to help qualify the relay for the final ranking fourth. [98] Chad le Clos substituted in for Sates on the finals relay, lowered the butterfly time by over two full seconds and helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the event. [99] On the sixth and final day, he placed twelfth in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 2:01.99. [100]

2022 Swimming World Cup

Sates won his first gold medal of the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup circuit at the first stop, in Berlin, Germany, in the 400 metre freestyle with an African record, South African record, and personal best time of 3:36.30, finishing 0.97 seconds ahead of Kieran Smith of the United States. [101] [102] [103] He followed his gold medal up with a silver medal in the 100 metre individual medley, finishing one-tenth of a second behind gold medalist Thomas Ceccon with a personal best time of 51.62 seconds. [102] [104] On the second day, he won the gold medal in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 1:51.64. [105] On the third day, he won the 400 metre individual medley ahead of Alberto Razzetti of Italy, with a time of 4:02.95, and the 200 metre freestyle, where he finished 0.21 seconds ahead of Kyle Chalmers in 1:40.88. [106] [107] [108] He ranked as the highest-scoring male competitor across all of his events in Berlin. [109]

On day one at the next stop, in Toronto, Canada, Sates collected an additional two medals, the first in the 400 metre freestyle with a 3:37.52 and the second in the 100 metre individual medley with a 51.87. [110] [111] The next day, he placed fourth in the 200 metre individual medley in a time of 1:52.89, which was 2.52 seconds behind gold medalist Shaine Casas of the United States who, with his win, also moved ahead of Sates into the overall number one rank for the World Cup by a margin of 0.7 points. [112] He finished up on day three with a gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:02.65 and a tie for fourth place in the 200 metre freestyle with a 1:42.46. [113] [114]

For the third and final stop of the circuit, held in November in Indianapolis, United States, Sates won one medal, a gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley on day three with a time of 4:04.12. [115] [116] Summing the points he earned for each of his performances across all three stops of the 2022 circuit, he ranked as the fifth overall highest-scoring male competitor with 154.1 points. [109] [117]

2022 World Short Course Championships

2022 World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 200 m individual medley 1:50.15 (AF)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 400 m individual medley 3:59.21 (NR)

Day one at the 2022 World Short Course Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Sates split a 57.31 for the anchor leg of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay to help place thirteenth overall. [118] In the evening, he won the world title and gold medal in the 200 metre individual medley with an African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record time of 1:50.15, which was a 1.30 second drop from his previous best time and record marks in the event. [119] [120] [121] [122] Two days later, he placed twelfth in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:41.05. [123] On day five of six, he finished in a South African record time of 3:59.21 in the final of the 400 metre individual medley to win the bronze medal. [124] [125] [126] In his final event, the 200 metre freestyle on the sixth and final day, he placed thirteenth overall with a time of 1:43.22. [127]

2023

At the 2023 South Africa National Championships, held in April in Gqeberha and conducted in long course metres, Sates won the gold medal and national title in the 200 metre freestyle on day one with a time of 1:47.92. [128] He followed up with another national title in an individual event the following day, winning the gold medal in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 1:59.95. [129] On the evening of day three, he won the gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:22.26 after winning the bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 49.20 seconds, which was 0.01 seconds behind silver medalist Pieter Coetze. [130] In the 100 metre butterfly on day four, he achieved a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 51.91 seconds in the final and won the silver medal. [131] [132] He won the gold medal and national title in the 400 metre freestyle on the fifth and final day with a time of 3:55.48. [133]

International championships (50 m)

Meet100 free200 free400 free50 breast100 breast200 breast100 fly200 medley400 medley4×200 free4×100 medley4×100 mixed medley
Junior level
WJC 2019 46th40th37th29th20th10th
Senior level
OG 2020 —32nd14th
WC 2022 12thDNS41st8th11th
CG 2022 DNS6th7th14th (h,WD)12th4th6th4th [a]
a Sates swam only in the prelims heats.

International championships (25 m)

Meet200 freestyle400 freestyle200 medley400 medley4×100 freestyle
WC 2022 13th12thGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg13th

Collegiate championships (25 yd)

Meet200 free500 free200 fly4×100 free4×200 free4×100 medley
NCAA 2022 Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg29th11thSilver medal icon.svg12th

Personal best times

As of 17 December 2022

Long course metres (50 m pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeRef
100 m freestyle48.97 2022 SA National Swimming Championships Gqeberha 8 April 202218 [65]
200 m freestyle1:45.912022 Mare Nostrum - Barcelona Barcelona, Spain 25 May 202218 [76]
400 m freestyle3:49.37 2022 SA National Swimming Championships Gqeberha 6 April 202218 [57] [58]
100 m butterfly51.83tt2021 South Africa Grand Prix No. 4 Durban 28 May 202117 [8]
200 m individual medley1:57.432022 Mare Nostrum - Monaco Monaco 21 May 202218 [75]

Legend: tt – time trial

Short course metres (25 m pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeNotesRef
200 m freestyle1:40.65 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 3 October 202118 AF , NR , WJ [23]
400 m freestyle3:36.30 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 21 October 202219 AF , NR [101]
100 m individual medley51.62 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 21 October 202219 [104]
200 m individual medley1:50.15 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne, Australia 13 December 202219 AF , CR , NR [119]
400 m individual medley3:59.21 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne, Australia 17 December 202219 NR [124]
Legend: AF – African record;CR – Commonwealth record;NR – South African record;WJ – World Junior record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeRef
100 yd freestyle42.71r2022 Southeastern Conference Championships Knoxville, United States 19 February 202218 [45]
200 yd freestyle1:30.72 2022 NCAA Championships Atlanta, United States 25 March 202218 [54]
500 yd freestyle4:06.61 2022 NCAA Championships Atlanta, United States 24 March 202218 [49] [50]
200 yd butterfly1:39.882022 Southeastern Conference Championships Knoxville, United States 18 February 202218 [43] [44]
200 yd individual medley1:44.83tt2022 Bulldog Last Chance Meet Athens, United States 26 February 202218 [46]
400 yd individual medley3:41.852022 Bulldog Last Chance Meet Athens, United States 26 February 202218 [46]

Legend: r – relay 1st leg; tt – time trial

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Sates has won at Swimming World Cup circuits. [134]

EditionGold medalsSilver medalsBronze medalsTotal
2021 134118
2022 7119
Total205227

Records

World junior records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeStatusRef
1200 m individual medley1:51.45 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 2 October 202118Current [20] [21] [22]
2200 m freestyle1:40.652021 FINA Swimming World CupBerlin, Germany3 October 202118Current [23] [24] [25]
3400 m freestyle3:37.922021 FINA Swimming World Cup Budapest, Hungary 7 October 202118Current [27] [28]

Continental and national records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateTypeStatusNotesRef
1200 m individual medley1:51.45 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 2 October 2021 AF , NR Former WJ , Former CR [20] [21] [22]
2200 m freestyle1:40.652021 FINA Swimming World CupBerlin, Germany3 October 2021 AF , NR Current WJ [23] [24] [25]
3400 m freestyle3:36.30 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany21 October 2022 AF , NR Current [101] [102] [103]
4200 m individual medley (2)1:50.15 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne, Australia 13 December 2022 AF , NR Current CR [119] [120] [121] [122]
5400 m individual medley3:59.212022 World Short Course ChampionshipsMelbourne, Australia17 December 2022 NR Current [124] [125] [126]
Legend: AF – African record;CR – Commonwealth record;NR – South African record;WJ – World Junior record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Awards and honours

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zach Apple</span> American swimmer (born 1997)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniil Markov (swimmer)</span> Russian swimmer

Daniil Dmitrievich Markov is a Russian competitive swimmer. As a member of preliminaries relays he won three medals at the 2021 World Short Course Championships and two medals across the 2019 and 2021 European Short Course Championships. In the 50 metre freestyle, he won the bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade and the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. In the 50 metre butterfly, he won the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships. He is a former world junior record holder in the 4×100 metre medley relay.

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