Justin Norris
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| Full name | Justin Neville Norris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1980 Mandurah, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hunter Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Justin Neville Norris (born 4 June 1980) is an Australian butterfly and individual medley swimmer who won the bronze medal in the 200 metres butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[1]
Early life
Coming from Stockton, New South Wales, Norris relocated to the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra in 1999 after being awarded a scholarship. He subsequently gained selection for Australia at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney.
Swimming career
At his first Olympics in Sydney, Norris made a poor start, missing the final of the 400-metre individual medley. However, he qualified for the final of the 200-metre butterfly, where he was considered an outsider. Norris attacked from the start, contesting the lead over the first 100-metre. Willed on by a partisan home crowd, he managed to hang on to the third position as the favourites surged for the finish line. While being interviewed on the pool deck, a bewildered Norris repeatedly used what has become his winning catchphrase - "I'm stoked."[2]
In 2001, Norris claimed another bronze medal at the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, this time in the 200-metre individual medley, and in 2002 collected triple gold in the 200-metre and 400-metre individual medley and the 200-metre butterfly at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. However, in 2003, he had no success in his three events, failing to medal at the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He fared even worse at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, failing to reach a single final.
Retirement
On arrival back in Australia, Norris departed the AIS to return to Newcastle, and thereafter announced that he would be taking a year out of swimming in 2005. He went on to found the Norris Swimming Academy in Thornton, NSW.
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- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- Australian male swimmers
- Male butterfly swimmers
- Male medley swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Australian Institute of Sport swimmers
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games