Samuel Williamson (swimmer)
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26) Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Williamson (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian international swimmer. He has represented Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and won one gold, two silver and a bronze medal. [1][2]
Biography
Williamson is from Melbourne. He attended Sandringham College, graduating in 2015 and receiving a prestigious ATAR in the 90's[3] (including a study score of 44 in English, placing him in roughly the top 2 percent of the state[4]) He was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where he competed in the men's 50m metres breaststroke, reaching the final and winning a silver medal. He also reached the final of the 100m breaststroke and won a bronze medal.[1][5][6]
At the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, held in Sydney in August, Williamson won the gold medal in the 50 meter breaststroke, 100 meter breaststroke, and 200 meter breaststroke.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Samuel Williamson bio". Commonwealth Games Australia. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Sandringham College Newsletter". Naavi. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Sandringham College Study Scores 2015". Quppa. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Adam Peaty ends 50m breaststroke hoodoo with Commonwealth Games gold". Sports Mole. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "FINA profile". Fina. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Hy-Tek (27 August 2022). "2022 Australian Short Course Championships: Results". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Hanson, Ian (27 August 2022). "Sydney Sprints: Lani Pallister Clocks Australian Record In 800 Freestyle; David Johnston Shines Again". Swimming World. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
External links
- Samuel Williamson at World Aquatics
- Samuel Williamson at SwimRankings.net
- Samuel Williamson at the International Swimming League
- Samuel Williamson at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Samuel Williamson at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Samuel Williamson at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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