Elijah Winnington
Elijah Winnington (born 5 May 2000) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in the sprint freestyle events. He has competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, 2020 Summer Olympics, and 2022 World Aquatics Championships.
Background
[edit]Winnington was born in Gold Coast, Queensland. He went to King's Christian College, graduating in 2017.[3] Winnington eventually swam under Richard Spence at Bond Swimming Club for a couple of years until changing to St Peter's Western under Dean Boxall.
Career
[edit]Winnington won three bronze medals at the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in the 200 m freestyle and the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley relays. Winnington's breakthrough would come at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he won gold in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay alongside Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham and Mack Horton. The relay team's time of 7:05.97 was a games record.
In 2019, Winnington would compete at the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships, winning gold in the 400 m freestyle event and silver in the 200 m freestyle event. Two years later, at the 2021 Australian Swimming Championships, Winnington would retain his title in the 400 m freestyle event and won bronze in the 200 m freestyle event.
2020 Summer Olympics
[edit]At the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials, Winnington competed in the 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m and 800 m freestyle events. He qualified for the Olympic team in the 200 m and 400 m events, coming first in the 400 m event and second in the 200 m. Although Winnington qualified with the fastest time in the world for the 400m freestyle, he failed to claim a medal in the final.
2022 World Aquatics Championships
[edit]Winnington won his first international gold medal in the 400m freestyle during the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He swam a personal best time of 3:41.22 in the final, which was the 5th fastest time in the history of the men's 400m freestyle (long course). Winnington also won bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.
References
[edit]- ^ "Elijah Winnington". Swimming Australia.
- ^ "Elijah Winnington". Speedo Australia. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Elijah Winnington". King's Christian College. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
External links
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- Elijah Winnington at World Aquatics
- Elijah Winnington at SwimRankings.net
- Elijah Winnington at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Elijah Winnington at Olympics.com
- Elijah Winnington at Olympedia
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers from the Gold Coast
- Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games