Brenton Rickard
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Brenton Scott Rickard (born 19 October 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games. He has captured multiple Olympic and World Championship medals, as well as World and Commonwealth records.
In the final of the 100 m breaststroke, Rickard won the gold medal and surpassed the old world record of 58.91 held by Kosuke Kitajima
with a time of 58.58.
Olympic Games
He arrived in Beijing as a medal contender and a serious threat for the gold medal in all 3 of his events. He set Australian, Commonwealth and Oceanic records, capturing silver medals in the 200m breaststroke and 4×100m medley relay, and finished 5th in the 100m breaststroke.- Beijing OlympicsSwimming at the 2008 Summer OlympicsSwimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21...
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200m breaststroke.- 4×100m medley relay.
- (5th) 100m breaststroke.
FINA World Championships
Rickard's first World Championships were a good one, consistently capturing medals in all of his pet events. No Australian records were set, however his status in the world rankings leapfrogged.- FINA World Championships 20072007 World Aquatics ChampionshipsThe 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007...
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) :- 200m breaststroke.
100m breaststroke.
4×100m medley relay.
In the final of the 100 m breaststroke, Rickard won the gold medal and surpassed the old world record of 58.91 held by Kosuke Kitajima
Kosuke Kitajima
is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...
with a time of 58.58.
- FINA World Championships 20092009 World Aquatics ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...
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) :- 100m breaststroke.
- 4×100m medley relay.
- (5th) 200m breaststroke.
Career Best Times
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