Cameron McEvoy

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Cameron McEvoy
McEvoy in Kazan 2015
Personal information
Full nameCameron McEvoy
Nickname"The Professor"[3][4]
National team Australia
Born (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 29)[5]
Gold Coast, Queensland[5]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[5]
Weight70 kg (150 lb)[citation needed]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubBond University[1]
CoachRichard Scarce[2]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Gold Coast 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Gold Coast 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gold Coast 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gold Coast 4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m medley

Cameron McEvoy (born 13 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer who represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

Career

Junior

At the 2011 World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru, McEvoy won gold medals in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, and a bronze in the 200 m freestyle.[7]

Senior

McEvoy swam in the heats of the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays at the 2012 Olympics in London. Australia went on to finish in fourth and fifth place, respectively.[8] At the 2013 and 2015 World Aquatics Championships he has won a total of four medals, including the silver medal in the 100-metre freestyle in 2015.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won six medals. A month later at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, he won five medals including the gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle. He also won national titles in the 100- and 200-metre freestyle in 2014 and 2015.

At the 2016 National Championships and Olympic trials, McEvoy qualified for the Olympics in the 200-metre freestyle, by finishing first, tied with Thomas Fraser-Holmes.[9] He also qualified in the 100-metre freestyle by winning the race. His time of 47.04 broke the Australian and Commonwealth records and is the fastest time ever in a textile swimsuit.[10] He qualified for a third individual event when he won the 50-metre freestyle in a new personal best of 21.44.[11]

Personal life

McEvoy is a physics and mathematics student at Griffith University.[12] At the 2016 Olympic trials he gained attention by wearing a swim cap with the signal of two merging black holes to celebrate the first observation of gravitational waves that was announced two months earlier.[12][13][14] The year before he wore a cap showing a Feynman diagram of a positron and an electron annihilating.[14]

Career best times

Event Time Record Meet
Long course
50 m freestyle 21.44[11] 2016 Australian Championships
100 m freestyle 47.04[10] AR, CR, OC 2016 Australian Championships
200 m freestyle 1:45.46 2014 Australian Championships
Short course
50 m freestyle 20.75 AR, OC 2015 Australian Short Course Championships
100 m freestyle 46.31 2015 Australian Short Course Championships
200 m freestyle 1:40.80 AR, CR (shared), OC 2015 Australian Short Course Championships

See also

References

  1. ^ Lord, Craig (5 February 2016). "Cameron McEvoy Lights Up Aquatic Super Series From Go – 47.56 Best Blast: All-Time #3". Swimvortex. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ^ Lord, Craig (26 November 2015). "Emily Seebohm Riding Golden wave To Rio With A 1:59 Australian 200 Back S/C Record". Swimvortex. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  3. ^ Cooke, Richard (28 March 2015). "The professor: Cameron McEvoy, 20, swimmer". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Homfray, Reece (9 April 2016). "Kyle Chalmers, James Magnussen, Cameron McEvoy set for intriguing pre-Rio 100m freestyle battle". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ a b c "Cameron McEvoy". Swimwam. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  6. ^ Cameron McEvoy's profile for the London 2012 Olympics
  7. ^ "Cameron McEvoy Biography". Speedo. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Cameron McEvoy". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  9. ^ Homfray, Reece (9 April 2016). "Cameron McEvoy dead heats with Thomas Fraser-Holmes to win 200m freestyle final". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Retrieved 11 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ a b Jeffrey, Nicole (11 April 2016). "Swimming trials 2016: Cameron McEvoy wins men's 100m freestyle". The Australian. Retrieved 11 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ a b Lord, Craig (13 April 2016). "Space-Time Rippler Cameron McEvoy Is Fastest Dolphin On A Dash Ever: 21.44 (Tex)". Swimvortex. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  12. ^ a b Elsom, Dan (13 April 2016). "The story behind signature on Cameron McEvoy's swimming cap". News.com.au. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  13. ^ Jeffrey, Nicole (11 April 2016). "Cameron McEvoy wears his passion on his swimming cap". The Australian. Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ a b Lutton, Phil (10 April 2016). "Kyle Chalmers overshadows Cameron McEvoy and James Magnussen in 100m freestyle heats". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

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