Patrick Murphy (swimmer)

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Patrick Murphy
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Personal information
Full namePatrick Murphy
National teamFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1984-02-22) 22 February 1984 (age 40)
Albury
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, backstroke
ClubMLC Aquatic, Melbourne Vicentre
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Montreal 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle

Patrick Murphy (born 22 February 1984) is an Australian sprint freestyle and backstroke swimmer. He is an Australian relay team veteran since 2005. He has four FINA world championship medals and two Olympic bronze medals. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [1]

In April 2014, Murphy was named an Athlete Role Model for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. [2]

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References

  1. AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Patrick Murphy to make a splash at the Youth Olympic Games". Swimming Australia. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2015.