Trent Bray
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Trent Bray is a former freestyle
swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand
, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He also won 3 Gold medals and 3 bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand
New Zealand
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, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He also won 3 Gold medals and 3 bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships
Olympic Games
- 1992Swimming at the 1992 Summer OlympicsAt the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals....
in Barcelona, Spain. 200m Freestyle (26th), 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Men (9th), 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Men (11th) - 1996Swimming at the 1996 Summer OlympicsThe swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
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. - 200m Freestyle (20th), 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Men (9th), 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Men (9th)
World championships
- Silver Medal - 200m freestyle at the 1993 World Short-Course Championships PalmaPalmaPalma, La Palma, Palmas, or Las Palmas may refer to:- Africa :* Palma, Mozambique, city* La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, Spain* Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, city and capital of Canary Islands, Spain...
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. This was a new New Zealand and Commonwealth record. World ranking: 2 - Gold Medal - 4x100m medley relay at the 1995 World Short-Course Championships, Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
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. Bray's time of 48.55 seconds was a New Zealand record time and the relay total time was an NZ record and the 4th fastest time ever recorded at that date. - Silver Medal - 200m Freestyle at the 1997 World Short-Course Championships, Gothenburg, Sweden. World ranking: 3
Commonwealth Games
- Silver medal in the 200m Freestyle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games1994 Commonwealth GamesThe 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the...
in Victoria, Canada - Silver medal in the Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay Team 1994 Commonwealth Games1994 Commonwealth GamesThe 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the...
in Victoria, Canada - Silver medal in the Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay Team 1994 Commonwealth Games1994 Commonwealth GamesThe 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the...
in Victoria, Canada - Bronze with the Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay Team 19981998 Commonwealth GamesThe 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.