David Bates (swimmer)
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Full name | David Neil Bates | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Born | Queanbeyan, New South Wales | 4 March 1976||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Palm Beach Currumbin Club | ||||||||||||||
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David Neil Bates (born 4 March 1976, in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian open water swimmer who has received the Certificate of Merit in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame for his outstanding career in open water swimming. He gained a silver medal in the 25 km race at the 1994 FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy, losing by a small margin of 65 seconds to Canadian Greg Streppel.[1] He was the first swimmer to be selected in the Australian team for pool swimming and open water swimming and subsequently swam in the 6th Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Atlanta in the pool for 1500m freestyle[2] and open water race.
References
- ^ Robb, Sharon. "American Hundeby Finishes Disappointing Seventh" Archived 25 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 9 September 1994. Retrieved on 27 May 2013.
- ^ SwimNews Online. "1995 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS" gaining a bronze medal in the open water event. September 1995. Retrieved on 27 May 2013.
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