Ashley Delaney
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| Full name | Ashley Jason Delaney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Ash" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1986 Sale, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | ashleydelaney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Northcote Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ashley Jason Delaney (born 11 April 1986)[1] is a national-record holding and Olympic and world championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1]
Career[]
His first international success came at the 2006 Oceania Championships, where he set the Championships Records in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m backstroke.
At the 2008 Telstra Trials he qualified in the 100 m and the 200 m backstroke, placing first and second respectively to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He left Beijing with a silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, and a fifth-place finish in the 100m backstroke.
In 2009, he won all three backstroke events at the 2009 Telstra Trials, setting national records in the 50 and 200 m. At the World Championships, with arguably Australia's strongest leg absent (freestyler Eamon Sullivan), the medley relay team was overhauled by Germany, finishing with bronze.
In 2010 Delany was bested by longtime rival Hayden Stoeckel in all three backstrokes at the Australian Championships. At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Delaney won bronze in the 100 m backstroke. He backed up his form on the second night, taking silver in the 50 m. Night 3 saw him finish 4th in the 200m backstroke. On the final night Delaney collected another bronze in the medley relay.
Career Best Times[]
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ Delaney's bio Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine from Swimming Australia; updated 2010-06-16, retrieved 2010-07-06.
External links[]
- Official website
- Ashley Delaney on Twitter
- Ashley Delaney at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Ashley Delaney at the International Olympic Committee
- Ashley Delaney at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ashley Delaney at FINA (archived)
- Ashley Delaney at Swimming Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-24)
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Sale, Victoria
- Australian male backstroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Australian Institute of Sport swimmers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games