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Rick Pendleton, OAM[1] is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. He has won three Paralympic gold medals: one at the 2004 Athens Games in the Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts event, and two in the 2008 Beijing games, at the Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts and the Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 events.[2][3]
In 2009, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia "For service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games".[1]
In 2011, at the age of 26, he competed in the Can-Am Swimming Open, where he earned a gold medal in the S10 200m butterfly event, a silver medal in the men’s SM10 200 m individual medley, and a bronze in the 100m freestyle event.[4]