Nathan Rickard
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Nathan Craig Rickard |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Event | Freestyle |
Nathan Craig Rickard is an Australian former freestyle swimmer.
Rickard, elder brother of swimmer Brenton, was the World Student Games 50 metre freestyle gold medalist in 1997, setting an Australian record of 22.50s in the process.[1] He upset world record holder Michael Klim to win the 50 metre freestyle at the 1997 Australian Swimming Championships.[2] This qualified him for the 1998 World Championships in Perth, where he placed 12th in the 50 metre freestyle and swam heats on the silver medal-winning 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team. He won the national 50 metre freestyle title again in 1998 and came fourth in that event at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games later that year.[3] In 1999 he was fifth in the 50 metre freestyle at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Star pupil". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 September 1997.
- ^ "Dunn sets medley record". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 October 1997.
- ^ "Welsh, Kilm have colors lowered". The Age. 2 May 1998.
- ^ "Swimming". Los Angeles Times. 29 August 1999.
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[edit]- Living people
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games