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Michael George Klim, OAM (born 13 August 1977) is an Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder of the 1990s and 2000s. He is known as the creator of straight arm freestyle.
Michael Klim of Australia plays the air guitar after breaking the men's 4x100 freestyle relay world record to win gold during the Sydney 2000 Olympics Games.: Darren England/ALLSPORT—Getty Images
Michael Klim Australia: 52.18 Geoff Huegill Australia: 52.22 2004 Athens details: Michael Phelps United States: 51.25 OR: Ian Crocker United States: 51.29 Andriy Serdinov Ukraine: 51.36 2008 Beijing details: Michael Phelps United States: 50.58 OR: Milorad Čavić Serbia: 50.59 Andrew Lauterstein Australia: 51.12 2012 London details: Michael ...
Ian Thorpe, with 9 medals is equal with Leisel Jones for second-most Olympic medals by an Australian. Stephanie Rice, winner of three gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, including the medley double. Grant Hackett, winner of the 1500 m freestyle in 2000 and 2004, captained Australia's swimming team at the 2008 Olympics.
Competing at his third Games, Lars Frölander ended Sweden's 20-year drought to become an Olympic champion in the event, since Pär Arvidsson did so in 1980. Surprised by a massive home crowd, he overhauled Australia's top favorites Michael Klim and Geoff Huegill on the final 25 metres to snatch a gold medal in a new European record of 52.00.
Gennadi Gennadiyevich Touretski (Russian: Геннадий Геннадьевич Турецкий, 17 July 1949 – 7 August 2020) [2] was a swimming coach, best known for training multiple Olympic gold medalists Alexander Popov and Michael Klim through the 1990s to early 2000s at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). [3]
Phelps made history with his debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where at the age of 15 he became the youngest male U.S. swimmer to qualify for the Olympics in 68 years, There, he competed in the ...
Michael Phelps in 2017. This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medals. Name Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. Michael Phelps: 23: 3: 2: 28 2. Mark Spitz: 9: 1: 1: 11 3.