Chris Wright (swimmer)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Christopher Geoffrey Wright |
Nickname | "Chris" |
National team | Australia |
Born | Cairns, Queensland | 7 May 1988
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] |
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle |
Club | Southport Olympic |
Coach | Glenn Baker |
Christopher Geoffrey Wright (born 7 May 1988) is an Australian swimmer. He competed for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 and 200 m butterfly.[2][3] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he competed in the 50 and 100 m butterfly and the men's 4 × 100 m relay.[4]
He is married to fellow Australian Olympic swimmer Melanie Schlanger.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Swimming Australia - Chris Wright Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "London 2012". Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ "Chris Wright Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Christopher Wright Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Schlanger and Wright Tie the Knot". 15 September 2014.
External links
[edit]- Christopher Wright at World Aquatics
- Chris Wright at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Chris Wright at Olympics.com
- Chris Wright at Olympedia
- Chris Wright at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Christopher Wright at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Christopher Wright at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Christopher Wright at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Australian male butterfly swimmers
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Australia
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Cairns
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- Australian swimming biography stubs