Jason Cram

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Jason Cram
Personal information
Full nameJason Cram
Nationality Australia
Born (1982-07-21) 21 July 1982 (age 39)[1]
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Yokohama 4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester

Jason Cram (born 21 July 1982) is an Australian freestyle swimmer.

Career[]

Cram first competed for Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where he finished 6th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:50.30[2] and with Grant Hackett, Leon Dunne and Ian Thorpe won gold in the in new Games record time of 7:11.69.[3]

At the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships in Yokohama, Japan, Cram finished 12th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:50.93,[4] equal 24th in the 100 metre freestyle in 51.38[5] and with Hackett, Thorpe and Craig Stevens won gold in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in 7:09.00.[6]

At the 2003 Duel in the Pool between United States and Australia in Indianapolis, Cram finished 5th in the 100 metre freestyle in 50.29 and with , Antony Matkovich and Adam Pine finished behind the United States in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in 3:18.62.[7]

At the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Cram with Matkovich, Stevens and Nicholas Sprenger finished first in the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in 7:17.68 with Cram swimming the third leg in 1:49.03.[8] In the final, Cram and Matkovich were replace with Hackett and Thorpe who won gold in 7:08.58.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Profile of Jason Cram". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Results of the men's 200 metre freestyle final at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. 31 July 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. ^ "2002 Pan Pacific Championships Day 2 Semifinals and Finals Results". Swimming World Magazine. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  5. ^ "2002 Pan Pacific Championships Day 4 Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  6. ^ "2002 Pan Pacific Championships Day 4 Semifinals and Finals Results". Swimming World Magazine. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Results of the 2003 Duel in the Pool". USA Swimming. 6 April 2003. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay heats at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships" (pdf). Omega. 23 July 2003: 1. Retrieved 21 January 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships" (pdf). Omega. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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