Matthew Abood

Matthew Abood
Personal information
Full name Matthew Abood
Nickname(s) Boody
Nationality  Australia
Born 28 June 1986 (1986-06-28) (age 25)
Sydney, Australia
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight 90 kilograms (200 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Freestyle
Club New South Wales Institute of Sport

Matthew Abood (born 28 June 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is a freestyle swimmer from Australia.[1]

Abood won the 50m national title in the 2009 Australian Swimming Championships beating the world record holder (at the time) Eamon Sullivan.[2]

He failed to qualify for the 2010 Pan Pacs, however swam a considerably swift 100m freestyle to win the Canadian Nationals.

He regained the 50m national title at the 2011 Australian Swimming Championships and qualified to swim the in the 4×100m freestyle relay at the world championships.

Career Best Times

Long Course

  1. 50m Freestyle – 21.74
  2. 100m Freestyle – 48.35

Short Course

  1. 50m Freestyle – 20.89 (Australian Record Holder)
  2. 100m Freestyle – 45.49 (Commonwealth Record Holder)

References

  1. ^ "Matthew Abood". clubsonline.com.au. https://console.clubsonline.com.au/customitem/attachments/ABOOD_Matthew.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-27. 
  2. ^ "The Australian". 23 March 2009. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25225764-2722,00.html. 

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