Leon Dunne

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Leon Dunne
Personal information
Full nameLeon Dunne
NationalityAustralian
Born (1975-03-07) 7 March 1975 (age 46)[1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight86 kg (190 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
Medal record
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2002 Moscow
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester

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]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Profile of Leon Dunne". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ "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 |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "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 |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "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 |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "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 |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "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 |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "2002 Pan Pacific Championships Day 2 Semifinals and Finals Results". Swimming World Magazine. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  11. ^ "2002 Pan Pacific Championships Day 4 Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
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