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Matthew Temple

b. 1999

Australian swimmer

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Born 1999. Matthew Temple is an Australian swimmer.

2022–Present At the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, Temple competed in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, winning the silver medal. Swimming the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay, Temple won his second silver of the championships. Individually, he finished 5th in the 100 m butterfly in a time of 51.15. He later competed in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, finishing 4th.

At the 2022 Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Temple swam the second leg of the 4 × 50 m freestyle relay. Australia won the gold medal in a time of 1:23.44. On the final day of competition, Temple competed in two events. First was the 100 m butterfly, where he came 7th in a time of 49.67. He then swam the butterfly leg of the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Splitting 48.34, Temple worked to close a deficit between Australia and the USA. After a close final leg between Australia, USA and Italy, Australia and the USA dead-heated for the gold medal. Both teams broke the world record of 3:19.16 from 2009, and they finished 0.08 seconds ahead of Italy.

At the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Temple swam in the heats of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. He won a gold medal after Australia placed first in the final. He swam the butterfly leg of the mixed medley relay, winning the silver medal. He finished 4th in the 100 m butterfly, recording a time of 50.81. His final event was the 4 × 100 m medley relay, where he won the bronze medal.

In December 2023, Temple competed at the Japan Open in Tokyo. Swimming the 100 m butterfly, he went 50.25 to break his own Australian record. Days later, he swam a time trial of the short course 100 m butterfly, recording a time of 48.62. This broke the Australian record of 49.31 held by Morgan.

At the 2024 Olympics, Temple came 7th in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 51.10. Swimming butterfly, he won the bronze medal in the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay.

Temple qualified for the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. There, he came 5th in the 100 m butterfly.

World records Short course metres No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref 1 4x100 m medley relay 3:18.98 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 18 December 2022 Former split 48.34 (butterfly leg); with Isaac Cooper (backstroke leg), Joshua Yong (breaststroke leg), Kyle Chalmers (freestyle leg)

Awards and honours Swimming Australia AIS Discovery of the Year: 2019

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Australian swimmer

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Matthew Temple was born on 20 June 1999 in Victoria.

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· Wikipedia: Matthew Temple

· Wikidata: Q65852434

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