Timothy Hodge
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Full name | Timothy Hodge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Blacktown, New South Wales | 31 January 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classifications | S9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Auburn Swimming CLub | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Clinton Camilleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Timothy Hodge (born 31 January 2001)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won two silver and one bronze medals.[2][3]
Personal[]
Hodge was born on 31 January 2001 in Blacktown, New South Wales.[4] He lost his right foot when he was four[5] due to lower-leg deficiency. In addition, he is missing two fingers on his right hand and his right arm is shorter than his left.[6] He attended Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown.[7] in 2021, he is studying electrical engineering at university.
Career[]
Hodge swims in the S9 classification (SB8).[1] Hodge competed at the 2015 IPC World Championships in Glasgow,[8][9] where, at 14 years, he was the second youngest member of the Australian team.[9] Hodge set his best individual time in 100m Backstroke (S9) finishing 8th.[1]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games Hodge competed in five events. He placed fifth in the Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 and sixth in the Men's 100m Backstroke S9. He didn't progress to the finals in Men's 100m Butterfly SB9, Men's 400m Freestyle S9 and Men's 100m Freestyle S9.[10]
Hodge had succeeded in his aim to compete at the Paralympics, whether at Rio or Tokyo. He said, "If I can just push myself hard and get to the Paralympics, that’d be the greatest thing."[11] He is a member of the Auburn Swimming Club in Sydney and is coached by Clinton Camilleri.[6]
Hodge won a silver medal in the 100m Breaststroke SB7 in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Queensland, where he swam his personal best thus far.
At the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships, Hodge set a new world record to take gold in the Men’s 50m Backstroke Multi-Class race.[12]
At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, London, he won bronze medals in the Men's 100m Backstroke S9 and Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9.[13]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, he won silver medals in the Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 and Men's 34pts 4x100m Medley and bronze medal Men's 100 m backstroke S9.[14]
Recognition[]
- 2011 – Young Citizen of the Year in Blacktown, NSW, Australia.[4]
- 2018 – Sport NSW Young Athlete of the Year with a Disability [15]
- 2019 – Sportsperson of the Year at the Blacktown City Sports Awards[16]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Biography Overview". IPC. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Timothy Hodge". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Junior Sports Star Timothy Hodge ready to take on the world's best in Glasgow". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Timothy Hodge". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ Houghton, Nick (14 May 2015). "Junior Sports Star Timothy Hodge ready to take on the world's best in Glasgow". Blacktown Advocate. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Oz trio eyeing gold at IPC World Champs". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ a b "IPC World Championships Australian Dolphins Swim Team". Swimming.org.au. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Timothy Hodge". Rio Paralympic Official Results. Rio Paralympics 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Fahy, Patrick (6 April 2015). "Patrician Brothers swimmers aim for Olympics". Blacktown Sun. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Timothy Hodge". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Jesse Aungles". 2019 World Para Swimming Championships Results. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Tokyo Paralympics updates: Gold for Australia's men's 4x100m freestyle relay 34 points team; Li Na Lei, Qian Yang win gold medals in table tennis". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Fox and Parker Headline NSW Sports Awards Success". Sport NSW website. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Timothy Hodge". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links[]
- Timothy Hodge at Swimming Australia
- Timothy Hodge at Paralympics Australia
- Timothy Hodge at the International Paralympic Committee
- Timothy Hodge at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 2001 births
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Living people
- Male Paralympic swimmers of Australia
- People from Blacktown, New South Wales
- S9-classified Paralympic swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Paralympic medalists in swimming