Rowan Crothers
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| Full name | Rowan Crothers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Magnet | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 October 1997 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S10, SB9, SM10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Yeronga Park | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rick Van Der Zandt | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rowan Crothers (born 24 October 1997 in Gosford, New South Wales) is an Australian freestyle swimmer.[1]
Athletic Summary
Crothers made his international swimming debut as a 13 year old at the 2011 Arafura Games where he claimed a bronze medal in the Men's 400m MC freestyle and broke 4 Australian National Age Records in the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle events in the S9 classification. He has since gone on to claim S9 Australian National Age Records in freestyle as a 13, 14, 15 and 16 year old in the 50m, 100m, 200m, and the 400m freestyle. At the 2013 Australian Short Course Championships Rowan broke the men's S9 World Record for the 400 metre SC freestyle. He then followed this up at the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships by breaking World Records in the S9 100m freestyle twice, and then breaking the S9 200m freestyle WR. As well as setting these new records, Rowan qualified for the 2014 Australian Commonwealth Games Swim Team and the 2014 Para Pan Pacs Team. Rowan's Cerebral Palsy affects the efficiency of his kick and he has worked consistently on perfecting a propulsion style to make the most out of the leg strength and coordination he has.
National Open Competition Medal Tally
2012 Australian Open Swimming Championships
Silver - Men 12 & Over 400 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class [2]
2013 Australian Open Water Championships
Silver - Men 5K Open Water Multi-Class[3]
2013 Australian Open Swimming Championships
Silver - Male 400 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class [4]
Bronze - Male 100 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class [5]
2013 Australian Open Short Course Swimming Championships
Gold – Men’s Open 400 SC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class (WR)[6][7] [8]
2014 Australian Open Swimming Championships
Gold – Men’s 100m freestyle Para Sport S9 (WR)[9][10]
Gold – Men’s Open 100 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class (WR)[11][12][13][14]
Silver – Men’s Open 400 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class[15]
Gold – Men’s Open 200 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class (WR)[16][17][18]
International Competition Medal Tally
2011 Arafura Games inc. Oceanic Paralympic Championships
Bronze - Mens 400 LC Meter Freestyle Multi-Class [19]
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships - Montreal
Gold – Men’s 34pt 4 x 100m freestyle relay [20]
Bronze - S9 Male 100m freestyle [21]
Awards
- 2009 Best Novice Athlete - Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
- 2009/10 North-West Regional Finalist - Quest Youngstar Award for Sport
- 2010 Most Improved Junior Athlete - Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
- 2010/11 North-West Regional Finalist - Quest Youngstar Award for Sport
- 2010 Roy Fowler Male Swimmer of the Meet - Queensland AWD Swimming Championships
- 2011 Best Junior Athlete - Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
- 2011 Swimmer of the Meet State Multi-Class Swimming Championships - Queensland Swimming
- 2011/12 North-West Regional Winner - Quest Youngstar Award for Sport [22]
- 2012 Swimmer of the Meet State Multi-Class Swimming Championships - Queensland Swimming
- 2013 RSL Youth Development Program Grant Recipient [23]
- 2013 Brisbane Swimming Association Swimmer with a Disability for 2012/13 [24]
- 2014 Brisbane Swimming Association President's Award for 2013/14 (Glen Bigg Trophy)
- 2014 Junior and Senior Male Athlete of the Year - Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association [25]
Personal Biography
Rowan Crothers was born 15 weeks prematurely on 24 October 1997 in Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast. His prematurity resulted in him developing Cerebral Palsy and Chronic Lung Disease. He has mild spastic diplegia and swims with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Classifications S9, SB9, SM9. He is currently a member of Yeronga Park Swim Club and is trained by Rick Van Der Zant and was previously a member of Albany Creek Swim Club. Rowan is a member of the integrated Australian Swim Team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the Australian Para Swim Team for the 2014 ParaPanPacs. He is also a serving youth ambassador for the Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland. Rowan currently lives in Moorooka on the south side of Brisbane and attends year 11 at St Laurence's College.
References
- ↑ "Rowan Crothers". Swimming Australia Athlete Profile for Rowan Crothers. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "2012 Australian Swimming Championships - Swimming Results" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2013 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships - Swimming Results" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2013 Australian Swimming Championships - Swimming Results" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2013 Australian Swimming Championships - Swimming Results" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "IPC Short Course World Records" (PDF). created by IPC Sport Data Management System. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "Update from Rick from the Australian SC Nationals". Ricks Blog, August 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "Coach of the Year: Rick Van Der Zant". Sporting Wheelies Annual Awards, November 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2014 Australian Swimming Championships - Swimming Results" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "IPC Long Course World Records" (PDF). created by IPC Sport Data Management System. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "2014 Australian Swimming Championships - Swimming Results" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "IPC Long Course World Records" (PDF). created by IPC Sport Data Management System. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "McKeon Commonwealth Games legacy continues". Swimming Australia, 01/04/2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "Freney and Elliott join team for Glasgow". APC News, Swimming Australia, 03/04/2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2014 Australian Swimming Championships - Swimming Results" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2014 Australian Swimming Championships - Swimming Results" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "IPC Long Course World Records" (PDF). created by IPC Sport Data Management System. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "Swim Swam Day 4 at the Australian Swimming Trials". Swim Swam, Braden Keith, April 04th, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2011 Oceania Paralympic Championships - Swimming Results". Foxsportspulse.com 8th May 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2013 IPC World Swimming Championship Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34pts - Results" (PDF). IPC. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "2013 IPC World Swimming Championship Men's 100m Freestyle S9 - Results" (PDF). IPC. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "YoungStar winners honoured at Quest's gala awards night". Quest Newspapers June 17, 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "Rowan Crothers documents his journey to Paralympic swimming dream". Leanne Edmistone The Courier-Mail January 14, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "2012-13 Brisbane Seasonal Award Winners". Brisbane Swimming News, May 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "Cronau wins top honour at state awards". Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association News, 21 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
External links
- Rowan Crothers on Facebook
- Rowan Crothers on Twitter
- Rowan Crothers's channel on YouTube
- Rowan Crothers at Swimming Australia