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Matthew Dunn

Matthew Dunn
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Stephen Dunn
National teamAustralia
Born2 September 1973
Leeton, New South Wales
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley

Matthew Stephen Dunn (born 2 September 1973) is an Australian former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.

Dunn trained at the Australian Institute of Sport under Russian swimming coach Gennadi Touretski, who also taught Alexander Popov. Dunn was a specialist in the short course (25 m) events, and won several medals in the event in the 1990s. He was a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the medley events and set a world record in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur alongside Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim and Daniel Kowalski.

See also

  • List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
  • List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming
  • World record progression 400 metres individual medley
  • World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

External links

  • Matt Dunn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Records
Preceded by
Marcel Wouda
Men's 400 metre individual medley
world record holder (short course)

24 September 1998 – 23 February 2003
Succeeded by
Brian Johns


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