Zac Stubblety-Cook

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Zac Stubblety-Cook
OAM
Personal information
Full nameIzaac Keith Stubblety-Cook
NationalityAustralian
Born (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Indianapolis 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley

Izaac Keith Stubblety-Cook OAM[2] (/ˈstʌblɛti-/ STUB-let-ee-;[3] born 4 January 1999) is an Australian swimmer.[4] He is a former world record holder in the long course 200 metre breaststroke.[5]

In 2021, Stubblety-Cook competed in the men's 100m and 200m breaststroke events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, winning a gold medal (and setting an Olympic record) in the latter event.[6] He swam the breaststroke leg in the mixed 4x100m relay in which Australia finished 3rd, winning a bronze medal.[7] He trains under Vince Raleigh at the Chandler Aquatic Centre, Brisbane, Queensland.

Career

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Stubblety-Cook started swimming at Wellers Hill Water Ratz, a swimming club in Tarragindi, Queensland.[8] His reason for joining was to participate in the swim program for general water safety. Stubblety-Cook then competed in the heats of the 200m breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games,[9] He then competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[10]

He won his first international medal, a silver medal, in the 200m breaststroke, at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo. He continued to impress at the 2021 Australian Swimming National Championships, taking out two national titles in the 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke.[9]

In the 2022 Australia Day Honours, Stubblety-Cook was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.[11]

At the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships, held in May in Adelaide, he qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre breaststroke and 200 metre breaststroke, setting a new world record in the 200 metre breaststroke in the final with a time of 2:05.95 to break the former record of 2:06.12 set by Anton Chupkov of Russia in 2019.[5][12]

In 2023, he competed at the World Championships in Fukuoka and finished with a silver medal in the 200 metres breastroke after being 0.92 seconds behind Qin Haiyang, who had broken the world record set by Stubblety-Cook, during that event. He also took part in the 4×100 m mixed medley and 4×100 m medley events, and took silver and bronze respectively.[13][14][15]

World records

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Long course metres

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 200 m breaststroke 2:05.95 2022 Australian Swimming Championships Adelaide, Australia 19 May 2022 Former [16][5]
Legend: OC – Oceanian record; NR – Australian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Olympic records

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Long course metres

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Notes Ref
1 200 m breaststroke 2:06.38 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 29 July 2021 Former [17]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Mr Izaac Keith Stubblety-Cook". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via Australian Government.
  3. ^ "Stubblety-Cook Zac". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ Dawson, Andrew (7 November 2018). "Australian Dolphins swimmer Zac Stubblety-Cook reveals rising from disappointment to shine at Pan Pacs". Courier Mail. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Ross, Andy (20 May 2022). "World Record Alert | Australia's Zac Stubblety-Cook puts 200m breaststroke WR into stratosphere". FINA. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Swimming STUBBLETY-COOK Izaac". Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Subscribe to The Australian | Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps". Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Home". Wellers Ratz Amateur Swimming Club. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Zac Stubblety-Cook". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  10. ^ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 200m Breaststroke start list" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  12. ^ Hy-Tek (22 May 2022). "2022 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  13. ^ "China's Qin smashes record for breaststroke hat-trick at worlds". Reuters. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Aussie O'Callaghan stunned after breaking long-standing swimming world record". ABC News. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  15. ^ Race, Retta (30 July 2023). "With Qin Haiyang & Pan Zhanle Magic, China Cracks New Asian Men's Medley Relay Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Australian Championships". Swimming Australia. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  17. ^ "200m Breaststroke results". FINA. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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Records
Preceded by Men's 200-metre breaststroke
world record holder (long course)
19 May 2022 – 28 July 2023 		Succeeded by
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