Tim Antalfy
2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Antalfy | |||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
Classifications | S13, SB13, SM13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Club | Hunters Hill | ||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Bash Zidan | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tim Antalfy (born 1 April 1987) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming and won a bronze medal.
Personal
Antalfy was born on 1 April 1987,[1] and is from Georges Hall,[2] New South Wales.[3] He is legally blind[2] as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary disease.[1] Beyond swimming, he also is involved with surfing, waterskiing and wake boarding.[1]
Swimming
Antalfy is a S13 classified swimmer[1][2][4] swimming in 100 metre butterfly, 50 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle events.[1] He is a member of the Hunters Hill Swimming Club.[2] When at the club, he is trained by Bash Zidan.[2]
Antalfy started competing in 1995.[1] In 2005, he was a member of the MLC Marlins Swim Team where he was coached by John Bladon. As a member of the team, he was the first swimmer to compete at the National Open Short-Course Championship and make the finals. At the competition, he finished fifth in the 50m Butterfly event, with a heat time of 24.56 seconds, semifinals time of 24.49 seconds, and final time of 24.73 seconds. He set personal bests in the 100m Butterfly with a time of 57.74 seconds where he finished 35th overall, best time in the 50m Freestyle with a time of 23.81 seconds while finishing 38th overall.[5] He won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 2011 Tasmanian State Championships.[1] He broke six world records in four different events during the 2012 Australian national swimming championships.[2]
Antalfy first represented Australia in 2011, competing in the Para Pan Pacific and Arafura Games that year.[1] He earned a gold medal at the Arafura Games in the 50m backstroke event, a silver medal in the 100m butterfly event, and three bronze medals 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 50m breaststroke events.[1] He was part of the November 2011 World Cup short course meet in Beijing.[6] That month he also competed in World Cup events in Singapore and Tokyo.[7] As a twenty-five years old,[2] he was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming in the 100m and 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke S13 events.[3][4][8][9] In the lead up to the Games, he trained at the Lane Cove Aquatic Leisure Centre.[2] In an average week, he had three total gym sessions and seven sessions in the pool.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S13.[10] Competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Canada, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S13. [11]
Personal bests
Course | Event | Time | Meet | Swim Date | Reference |
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Long | 50m Backstroke | 28.2 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 20-Mar-12 | [12] |
Long | 100m Backstroke | 01:05.3 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 15-Mar-12 | [12] |
Long | 50m Butterfly | 24.53 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 17-Mar-12 | [12] |
Long | 100m Butterfly | 54.92 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 21-Mar-12 | [12] |
Long | 50m Freestyle | 24.32 | 2011 NSW State Open Championsh | 11-Feb-11 | [12] |
Long | 50m Freestyle | 24.32 | 2011 NSW Grand Prix Meet | 10-Dec-11 | [12] |
Long | 100m Freestyle | 52.55 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 19-Mar-12 | [12] |
Short | 50m Butterfly | 24.08 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 6 - Beijing | 8-Nov-11 | [12] |
Short | 100m Butterfly | 53.94 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 7 - Tokyo | 13-Nov-11 | [12] |
Short | 50m Freestyle | 23.31 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 5 - Singapore | 5-Nov-11 | [12] |
Short | 100m Freestyle | 51.52 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 5 - Singapore | 4-Nov-11 | [12] |
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Timothy Antalfy". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Pedersen, Michael. "Blind swimmer goes for gold — Olympics 2012 - Sport — Northern District Times". Northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Cowdrey leads Paralympic swim team". ABC Grandstand Sport — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Paralympic swim team revealed". Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "MLC Marlins". MLC Marlins. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "Trickett, Evans impress in Beijing". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ "Sunshine Swimming & Life Saving Club Inc". Sunshine Swimming & Life Saving Club Inc. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "Australian Paralympic swimteam and TV coverage announced | Industry News". Splash Magazine. 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ Howlett, Scott. "Good luck, magnificent seven Olympians". Northern District Times. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ Timothy Antalfy's profile on paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ "Dreams come true at IPC World Championships". Swimming Australia News. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.10 "Timothy Antalfy personal bests". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2012-08-01.