Michael Auprince
 2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Auprince | |||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1993 | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Club | Revesby Swimming Club | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Auprince, OAM (born 21 February 1993) is an Australian swimmer and wheelchair basketball player. He set several swimming records and was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London in swimming, where he won gold and bronze medals.
Personal
Micahel Christopher Auprince was born on 21 February 1993,[1][2] and is from Peakhurst, New South Wales.[3] When he was ten years old, his left leg was amputated by choice; the limb had no muscles as a consequence of a congenital birth defect.[3][4][5] Prior to the surgery, he wore a prosthesis that gave his leg support.[5] In 2007, Banks MP Daryl Melham presented Auprince and sixteen other athletes a Federal Government sports achievement award.[5] He attended Peakhurst High School[5] and Georges River College at their Oatley Senior Campus.[3] He also plays wheelchair basketball.[1]
Swimming
Auprince is an S9 classified swimmer.[1][6] He is a member of the Revesby Swimming Club and is coached by Mick Gauci.[4] He took up the sport in 2003 within six months of his leg being amputated.[1][4]
In 2007, Auprince trained with the Australian Paralympic development team at a training camp in Maroochydore, Queensland.[5] That year, he spent up to twelve hours a week and had broken several age and classification based national swimming records.[5] He first represented Australia in an international competition in 2009 when he competed in the 09 Canadian hosted CanAm Championships.[1] In 2010, he competed in the Sydney hosted State Age Championships, where he set two records including one in the 200 m record in the multi-disability event and the other an Australian record in the 100 m backstroke.[4] That year, he trained up to eleven times a week.[4] He competed at the 2010 IPC World Swimming Championships where he finished fifth in the 100 m backstroke.[1] He was the youngest member of the Australian team competing at the Dutch hosted 2011 IPC World Swimming Championships.[7]
In 2012, Auprince had four gym sessions and nine swimming training sessions a week.[3] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in swimming.[6][8] In preparation for the Games, he participated in a sixteen day Thailand based team training camp. While there, he could not fully train as he had to deal with a case of food poisoning.[3] He was scheduled to attend a training camp ahead of the Games in early August in Wales.[3]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a gold in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay and a bronze in the 4 x 100 m medley relay.[9][10] He also participated in the S9 class of the Men's 100 m Backstroke, 100 m Butterfly, 100 m Freestyle and 50 m Freestyle events – as well as the Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9.[10] He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[2]
Personal bests
| Course | Event | Time | Meet | Swim Date | Reference |
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| Long | 50 m Backstroke | 29.83 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 20-Mar-12 | [11] |
| Long | 100 m Backstroke | 01:04.3 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 15-Mar-12 | [11] |
| Long | 200 m Backstroke | 02:26.6 | 2010 NSW State 13-18 Years Age | 4-Jan-10 | [11] |
| Long | 50 m Breaststroke | 37.28 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 22-Mar-12 | [11] |
| Long | 100 m Breaststroke | 01:26.1 | 2011 MC Age Championships | 9-Oct-11 | [11] |
| Long | 50 m Butterfly | 28.7 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 17-Mar-12 | [11] |
| Long | 100 m Butterfly | 01:05.1 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 21-Mar-12 | [11] |
| Long | 50 m Freestyle | 26.9 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 16-Mar-12 | [11] |
| Long | 100 m Freestyle | 58.81 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 19-Mar-12 | [11] |
| Long | 400 m Freestyle | 05:39.3 | 2007 NSW State Open Championships | 16-Feb-07 | [11] |
| Long | 200 m Medley | 02:28.1 | 2011 MC Age Championships | 7-Oct-11 | [11] |
| Short | 50 m Backstroke | 29.75 | 2011 Australian Short Course Championships | 3-Jul-11 | [11] |
| Short | 100 m Backstroke | 01:02.9 | 2012 NSW Metropolitan SC Championships | 14-Jul-12 | [11] |
| Short | 200 m Backstroke | 02:20.4 | 2009 NSW Metropolitan SC Champ | 27-Jun-09 | [11] |
| Short | 50 m Breaststroke | 37.17 | 2011 Australian Short Course Championships | 2-Jul-11 | [11] |
| Short | 100 m Breaststroke | 01:22.6 | 2011 Australian Short Course Championships | 3-Jul-11 | [11] |
| Short | 50 m Butterfly | 30.08 | 2011 Australian Short Course Championships | 3-Jul-11 | [11] |
| Short | 50 m Freestyle | 26.82 | 2012 NSW Metropolitan SC Championships | 14-Jul-12 | [11] |
| Short | 100 m Freestyle | 59.91 | 2010 Telstra Australian Short Course | 14-Jul-10 | [11] |
| Short | 200 m Medley | 02:26.7 | 2011 Australian Short Course Championships | 1-Jul-11 | [11] |
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Michael Auprince". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Carayannis, Michael. "Swimmer aims for medal glory". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Vella, Joanne. "Revesby Swimming Club's Michael Auprince breaks records at the State Age Championships". Canterbury-Bankstown Express. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Mulcair, John (2007-09-22). "Michael's eager to take on the world". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Paralympic swim team revealed". Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association". Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "Cowdrey leads Paralympic swim team". ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ "Michael Auprince - Athlete Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Michael Auprince's profile on paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 "Michael Auprince personal bests". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2012-08-01.