Mitch Larkin
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Larkin in Kazan 2015
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| Full name | Mitchell Larkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Mitch" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia |
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| Born | 9 July 1993 Buderim, Queensland |
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | St Peters Western | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Michael Bohl[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mitchell Larkin (born 9 July 1993) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in backstroke events. He competed for Australia at the swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
He won a gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke and a silver medal in both the 50-metre and 100-metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and two gold in the 100-metre and 200-metre backstroke at the 2015 FINA world championships in Kazan, Russia.
His personal best in long course events are 52.11 for the 100 metre backstroke[3] and 1:53.17 for the 200 metre backstroke,[4] both set at the Dubai world cup in November 2015.
In November 2015, Larkin broke the short course world record in the 200-metre backstroke, lowering it to 1:45.63.[5]
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres backstroke
References
External links
- Mitch Larkin on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Mitch Larkin at Swimming Australia
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| Preceded by | Men's 200 metre backstroke world record holder (short course) November 27, 2015 – present |
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| Preceded by | Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | FINA Swimmer of the Year 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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