 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Antalfy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Timothy Antalfy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S13, SB13, SM13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hunters Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Bash Zidan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Timothy Antalfy (born 1 April 1987) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming and won a bronze medal.
Antalfy was born on 1 April 1987, [1] and is from Georges Hall, [2] New South Wales. [3] He is legally blind [2] as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary disease. [1] Beyond swimming, he also is involved with surfing, waterskiing and wake boarding. [1]
Antalfy is a S13 classified swimmer [1] [2] [4] swimming in 100 metre butterfly, 50 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle events. [1] He is a member of the Hunters Hill Swimming Club. [2] When at the club, he is trained by Bash Zidan. [2]
Antalfy started competing in 1995. [1] In 2005, he was a member of the MLC Marlins Swim Team where he was coached by John Bladon. As a member of the team, he was the first swimmer to compete at the National Open Short-Course Championship and make the finals. At the competition, he finished fifth in the 50m Butterfly event, with a heat time of 24.56 seconds, semifinals time of 24.49 seconds, and final time of 24.73 seconds. He set personal bests in the 100m Butterfly with a time of 57.74 seconds where he finished 35th overall, best time in the 50m Freestyle with a time of 23.81 seconds while finishing 38th overall. [5] He won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 2011 Tasmanian State Championships. [1] He broke six world records in four different events during the 2012 Australian national swimming championships. [2]
Antalfy first represented Australia in 2011, competing in the Para Pan Pacific and Arafura Games that year. [1] He earned a gold medal at the Arafura Games in the 50m backstroke event, a silver medal in the 100m butterfly event, and three bronze medals 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 50m breaststroke events. [1] He was part of the November 2011 World Cup short course meet in Beijing. [6] That month he also competed in World Cup events in Singapore and Tokyo. [7] As a twenty-five years old, [2] he was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming in the 100m and 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke S13 events. [3] [4] [8] [9] In the lead up to the Games, he trained at the Lane Cove Aquatic Leisure Centre. [2] In an average week, he had three total gym sessions and seven sessions in the pool. [2]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S13. [10] Competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S13. [11] At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S13. [12] He finished eighth in the Men's 50m Freestyle S13. [13]
| Course | Event | Time | Meet | Swim Date | Reference |
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| Long | 50m Backstroke | 28.2 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 20-Mar-12 | [14] |
| Long | 100m Backstroke | 01:05.3 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 15-Mar-12 | [14] |
| Long | 50m Butterfly | 24.53 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 17-Mar-12 | [14] |
| Long | 100m Butterfly | 54.92 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 21-Mar-12 | [14] |
| Long | 50m Freestyle | 24.32 | 2011 NSW State Open Championsh | 11-Feb-11 | [14] |
| Long | 50m Freestyle | 24.32 | 2011 NSW Grand Prix Meet | 10-Dec-11 | [14] |
| Long | 100m Freestyle | 52.55 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 19-Mar-12 | [14] |
| Short | 50m Butterfly | 24.08 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 6 - Beijing | 8-Nov-11 | [14] |
| Short | 100m Butterfly | 53.94 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 7 - Tokyo | 13-Nov-11 | [14] |
| Short | 50m Freestyle | 23.31 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 5 - Singapore | 5-Nov-11 | [14] |
| Short | 100m Freestyle | 51.52 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 5 - Singapore | 4-Nov-11 | [14] |
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