Matt Welsh

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Olympic medal record
Men's swimming
Silver Sydney 2000 100 m backstroke
Silver Sydney 2000 4x100 m medley relay
Bronze Sydney 2000 200 m backstroke

Matthew "Matt" Welsh (born November 18, 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian swimmer who is the world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. Matt currently trains under coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in Shanghai 2006.

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[edit] Early years

Welsh started swimming in his final years at Scotch College, Melbourne and moved into competitive swimming in 1995 after leaving school at the age of eighteen. His first big break came in 1998 at the world swimming championships in Perth, Australia with a gold in the 4 x 100m medley relay.

[edit] Olympic competition

At the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Welsh broke onto the international scene winning three Olympic medals.

Silver medal:

100 metre backstroke

4 x 100m medley relay

Bronze medal:

200 metre backstroke

Welsh placed 5th in the 100 backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

[edit] Swimming history

Welsh has won several world championship titles in both backstroke and butterfly. He has held the Australian record in the 100 metre backstroke since 1998. He has also won more Australian swimming titles than any swimmer in history, claiming his 50th win at the 2006 Australian titles in Brisbane in December 2006.

[edit] Personal

He married Bert Newton's daughter, Lauren Newton on November 4, 2006 at St Dominic's Catholic Church in Melbourne. They were engaged in December 2005 [1].

[edit] External links

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