Zane King

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Zane King
Personal information
Birth nameZane Warren King
Sport
CountryAustralia
Sport Swimming
Event Medley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 400 m medley

Zane Warren King is an Australian former swimmer of the 1990s who competed in medley events.

King, a swimmer from Galston on the outskirts of Sydney, trained at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. [1]

In 1997, King came sixth in the 200m individual medley at the FINA Short Course World Championships and competed at the Pan Pacific Championships in Fukuoka, where he won the B final of the 200m individual medley. [2]

King, a national champion in the 400 m individual medley, was a bronze medalist in that event at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998 and also represented Australia at that year's FINA World Championships in Perth. [3]

His wife Rebecca Brown is a former Olympic swimmer. [4]

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References

  1. "Canberra AIS quartet off to major US meet". The Canberra Times . Vol. 70, no. 21, 980. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 June 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 4 March 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Riley grabs 200m gold but missed world mark". The Sydney Morning Herald . 14 August 1997.
  3. "Zane King Results". commonwealthgames.com.au. 19 June 2020.
  4. Pine, Sasha (December 2005). "AIS "Swimming Mum" call it a day after 23 years". eSwimmer. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007.