Jack Cartwright
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auchenflower, Queensland,Australia | 22 September 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Dean Boxall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Cartwright(born 22 September 1998) is an Australianswimmer.
He is scheduled to make his Olympics debut at the2024 Summer Olympicsin Paris on 27 July 2024.
Early life and career[edit]
Cartwright was raised inBiloela, Queenslandwhere during his childhood he would travel toGladstonefor training, moving to the city in 2008 where he trained with the Gladstone Gladiators.[1][2]
After securing a scholarship, Cartwright relocated to Brisbane in 2014 to attend private Lutheran schoolSt Peters College.[2]
At the2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships,Cartwright won gold medals in the 200 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle (where he set aChampionships recordof 48.91 seconds in the preliminaries), 50 metre freestyle, and the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, a silver medal in 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay.[3]
He competed in themen's 100 metre freestyleevent at the2017 World Aquatics Championships.[4][5]
At the2018 Commonwealth Gameson theGold Coast,Cartwright won two gold medals as part of the teams who won the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay.[2][6]
Cartwright was part of the winning4 x 100 metre relayand the4 x 100 metre freestyle teamsat the2022and2023 World Aquatics ChampionshipsinBudapestandFukushimarespectively, winning a collective total of three gold medals and one silver medal.[7][8]Following this success, Cartwright won another silver medal at the2024 World Aquatics ChampionshipsinDohaas part of themixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay team.[9]
Following the2024 Australian Swimming Trialsin Brisbane, Cartwright was named as part of the Australianswimming teamto compete in the2024 Summer Olympicsin Paris.[10]
World records[edit]
Long course metres[edit]
No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
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1 | 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[a] | 3:19.38 | 2022 World Aquatics Championships | Budapest,Hungary | 24 June 2022 | Former | [11] |
2 | 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[b] | 3:18.83 | 2023 World Aquatics Championships | Fukuoka,Japan | 29 July 2023 | Current | [12] |
Records not set in finals:h– heat;
asplit 48.12 (1st leg); withKyle Chalmers(2nd leg),Madison Wilson(3rd leg),Mollie O'Callaghan(4th leg)
bsplit 48.14 (1st leg); with Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg),Shayna Jack(3rd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)
References[edit]
- ^Kelly, Aaron (29 June 2024)."The heartfelt letter that set Jack Cartwright on the path from country kid to Paris Olympian".ABC News.Retrieved6 July2024.
- ^abcKossatch, Nick (9 April 2018)."It's a Gladstone gold rush".The Observer.Retrieved6 July2024.
- ^"2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results".swmeets.com.27 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^"Heats results".FINA.Archived fromthe originalon 27 July 2017.Retrieved27 July2017.
- ^"2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes".Budapest 2017.Archived fromthe originalon 2 August 2019.Retrieved27 July2017.
- ^Maasdorp, James; Pentony, Luke (6 April 2018)."Commonwealth Games: Chalmers doubles up on gold as McKeon leads swimming medal surge".ABC News.Retrieved6 July2024.
- ^Otto, Tyson (25 June 2022)."'It's astonishing': Aussies break world record at swimming championships ".news.com.au.Retrieved6 July2024.
Kyle Chalmers, Jack Cartwright, Madison Wilson and Mollie O'Callaghan set the Budapest pool on fire to win the event by more than 1.3 seconds clear of Canada.
- ^Larkin, Steve (24 July 2023)."Australian swimmers smash world records, win four gold medals in Japan".Australian Financial Review.Retrieved6 July2024.
Australia's men's 4x100m freestyle relayers – Jack Cartwright, Flynn Southam, Kai Taylor and Kyle Chalmers – also saluted on Sunday night in Fukuoka...
- ^Australian Associated Press (18 February 2024)."Cameron McEvoy pipped to 50m freestyle gold in Doha upset as next gen of Aussie swimmers shine again".ABC News.Retrieved6 July2024.
as they teamed up with Kai Taylor and Jack Cartwright to win silver in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay behind the victorious Chinese.
- ^Bilton, Dean (16 June 2024)."Australia's Paris Olympics swimming team has been confirmed. Is it ready to conquer the world?".ABC News.Retrieved6 July2024.
- ^"Mixed Freestyle Relay Final results"(PDF).omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
- ^"Final results"(PDF).omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023.
External links[edit]
- Jack CartwrightatWorld Aquatics
- Jack Cartwrightat SwimRankings.net
- Jack CartwrightatSwimming Australia(archived)
- 1998 births
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers from Brisbane
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- Australian swimming biography stubs