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Ian is a swimmer from Australia, an Olympian, whose official competitive record spans 7 seasons, 15 years and 17 meets.
His recorded career begins in 1997 in Jpn, where he raced the 400 individual medley in 4:26.42.
His signature event is the 200 freestyle, his reference distance in freestyle, ahead of the 400 freestyle and 50 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 12 recorded swims.
His best 200 freestyle time in long course (50 m) is 1:43.86, set in 2001 at World record.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, in 2004 (Olympic Games, ATHÈNES, GRE and 2004 Olympic Games). A representative mark at that level is 48.56 in the 100 freestyle, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in world championships, the World Cup circuit and continental championships.
After a 7-year break between 2004 and 2011, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2011.
Those meets span 6 different venues (Jpn, Gbr, Swe and Athènes…).
Latest competition: FINA/ARENA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2011 Stage 7, Tokyo, JPN, on November 13, 2011. He closes this record with 17 current event personal bests, across 20 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics and Masters Australia.