Leon Dunne
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Full name | Leon Dunne | ||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | 7 March 1975||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leon Dunne (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian freestyle swimmer.
Career[]
Dunne first competed for Australia at the 1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hong Kong where he competed in the .
At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, Dunne finished 13th in the in 1:47.51[2] and 27th in the in 56.72.[3] In the relays, Dunne with Antony Matkovich, Robert van der Zant and Todd Pearson finished first in the heats of the in 3:15.32 with Dunne swimming the opening leg in 49.54.[4] In the final, Dunne and Van der Zant were replaced with Ashley Callus and Adam Pine who finished in 4th place in 3:11.38.[5] In the , Dunne with Pearson, Ray Hass and Grant Hackett won gold in a new championship record time of 7:00.36 with Dunne swimming the third leg in 1:45.31.[6]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Dunne with Hackett, Jason Cram and Ian Thorpe won gold in the in new Games record time of 7:11.69.[7] In the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, Dunne with Callus, Pine and Pearson finished first in the heats with a time of 3:20.70.[8] In the final, Dunne and Pine were replaced with Hackett and Thorpe who won gold in a Games record time of 3:16.42.[9]
At the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships in Yokohama, Japan, Dunne finished 15th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:51.61[10] and equal 18th in the 100 metre freestyle in 51.12.[11]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Profile of Leon Dunne". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Results of the men's 200 metre freestyle heats at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). Omega Timing. 3 April 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Results of the men's 100 metre individual medley heats at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). Omega Timing. 6 April 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay heats at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). Omega Timing. 3 April 2002: 1. Retrieved 20 January 2014. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). Omega Timing. 3 April 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). Omega Timing. 4 April 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay heats at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. 30 July 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay finals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. 30 July 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "2002 Pan Pacific Championships Day 2 Semifinals and Finals Results". Swimming World Magazine. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "2002 Pan Pacific Championships Day 4 Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming