Patrick Murphy
Personal information
Full namePatrick Murphy
National team Australia
Born (1984-02-22) 22 February 1984
Albury
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke
ClubMLC Aquatic, Melbourne Vicentre
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Montreal 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle

Patrick Murphy (born 22 February 1984) is an Australian sprint freestyle and backstroke swimmer. He is an Australian relay team veteran since 2005. He has four FINA world championship medals and two Olympic bronze medals. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]

In April 2014, Murphy was named an Athlete Role Model for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Patrick Murphy to make a splash at the Youth Olympic Games". Swimming Australia. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2015.


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