Matthew Abood
Australian swimmer
1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Medal record
Matthew Abood (born 28 June 1986 in Sydney) is a freestyle swimmer from Australia.[1] He won the bronze medal with the Australian swimming team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro[2] as well as the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.
Abood won the 50m national title in the 2009 Australian Swimming Championships beating the then reigning world record holder Eamon Sullivan.[3] He regained the 50m national title at the 2011 Australian Swimming Championships and won gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the World Championships.
In 2013, he won gold at the World Swimming Championships in the Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay category. He placed 5th at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in the Men's 50m freestyle heats in Spain.
He won gold at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships beating the US team led by Michael Phelps and a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He also placed 5th at the 2014 World Swimming Championships.
Career best times
According to Swimming Australia, Abood's best times are as follows:[4]
Long course
- 50 m Freestyle – 21.74 – 2009 World Championships, Rome
- 100 m Freestyle – 48.35 – 2009 World Championships, Rome
Short course
- 50 m Freestyle – 20.89 (Australian record holder) – 2009 FINA World Cup, Berlin
- 100 m Freestyle – 45.45 (Commonwealth record holder) – 2009 FINA World Cup, Singapore
References
- ^ "Matthew Abood" (PDF). clubsonline.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "From Olympian to Optus". Optus.com.au. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "The Australian". 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012.
- ^ Swimming Australia profiles: Matthew Abood Archived 28 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Matthew Abood at World Aquatics
- Matthew Abood at Swimming Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 March 2015)
- Matthew Abood at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Matthew Abood at Olympics.com
- Matt Abood at Olympedia
- Matt Abood at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Matt Abood at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Matt Abood on Twitter
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World long-course champions in men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
- 1973:
Melvin Nash, Joe Bottom, Jim Montgomery, John Murphy (USA) - 1975: Bruce Furniss, Jim Montgomery, Andy Coan, John Murphy (USA)
- 1978: Jack Babashoff, Rowdy Gaines, Jim Montgomery, David McCagg (USA)
- 1982: Chris Cavanaugh, Robin Leamy, David McCagg, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1986: Tom Jager, Mike Heath, Paul Wallace, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1991: Tom Jager, Brent Lang, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1994: Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Uğur Taner, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
- 1998: Scott Tucker, Jon Olsen, Neil Walker, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
- 2001:
Michael Klim, Ashley Callus, Todd Pearson, Ian Thorpe (AUS) - 2003:
Andrey Kapralov, Ivan Usov, Denis Pimankov, Alexander Popov (RUS) - 2005: Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Nate Dusing, Jason Lezak (USA)
- 2007: Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak (USA)
- 2009: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2011: James Magnussen, Matt Targett, Matthew Abood, Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
- 2013:
Yannick Agnel, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, Jérémy Stravius (FRA) - 2015: Mehdy Metella, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
- 2017: Caeleb Dressel, Townley Haas, Blake Pieroni, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2019: Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2022: Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Brooks Curry (USA)
- 2023: Jack Cartwright, Flynn Southam, Kai Taylor, Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
- 2024:
Pan Zhanle, Ji Xinjie, Zhang Zhanshuo, Wang Haoyu (CHN)
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