Aussie Team
MEN (21 pool, 3 open water)
Matthew ABOOD (26) NSW,Ashley DELANEY (27) VIC, Tommaso D’ORSOGNA (22) WA, Thomas FRASER-HOLMES (21) QLD, Alexander GRAHAM (18) VIC, Jordan HARRISON (17) QLD, Simon HUITENGA (24) WA, Grant IRVINE (22) QLD, Jarrod KILLEY (22) NSW, Mitch LARKIN (19) QLD, Matson LAWSON (20) VIC, James MAGNUSSEN (22) NSW, Rhys MAINSTONE (22) WA, Cameron MCEVOY (18) QLD, Ned MCKENDRY (20) QLD, David MCKEON (20) NSW, Jarrod POORT (18) NSW, Brenton RICKARD (29) QLD, James ROBERTS (22) QLD, Christian SPRENGER (27) QLD, Matt TARGETT (27) VIC, Kenneth TO (20) NSW, Chris WRIGHT (24) QLD, Daniel TRANTER (21) NSW
WOMEN (total 15 pool, 4 open water)
Jessica ASHWOOD (19) NSW, Bronte BARRATT (24) QLD, Bronte CAMPBELL (18) QLD, Cate CAMPBELL (20) QLD, Alicia COUTTS (25) QLD, Danielle DE FRANCESCO (20) QLD, Brittany ELMSLIE (18) QLD, Sally FOSTER (28) SA, Melissa GORMAN (27) QLD, Chelsea GUBECKA (14) QLD, Belinda HOCKING (22) VIC, Bonnie MACDONALD (17) QLD, Samantha MARSHALL (20) VIC, Ami MATSUO (16) NSW, Emma MCKEON (18) NSW, Megan NAY (24) QLD, Kylie PALMER (23) QLD, Emily SEEBOHM (20) QLD
Fast Facts
• A total of 42 athletes (24 men and 18 women) will represent Australia at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona
• The average age of the team is 21.2
• There are a total of 36 (21 men and 15 women) pool swimmers on the Australian Team this year
• The Open Water Team has a total of seven (four women and three men) swimmers on the team
• At 14-years-of-age Chelsea Gubecka is the youngest member of the team while at 29 Brenton Rickard is the oldest athlete on the team and was a member of the 2003 World Championships team that competed in Barcelona
• Two pairs of siblings will compete on the team, Emma and David McKeon and Cate and Bronte Campbell
• Six new comers to a senior Australia long course team: Alexander Graham, Jordan Harrison, Grant Irvine, Emma McKeon, Chelsea Gubecka and Ami Matsuo
• Australia won a total of 12 medals at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai (including relays) with eight of those medal winners on the current team (James Magnussen, Belinda Hocking, Alicia Coutts, Matthew Abood, Matthew Targett, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer and Brenton Rickard)
• James Magnussen is the only individual World Champion from 2011 on the current team
• Australia will go in with seven world number one ranked times for 2013 (as of July 1 2013)
Feature Races
Mon 22 Jul – The West Australian pair of Rhys Mainstone and Simon Huitenga will swim the Olympic Marathon distance in the 10km Open Water for men. Mainstone is a FINA World Cup gold medallist, while Huitenga will be on debut for Australia.
Tue 23 Jul – Dual Olympian Melissa Gorman will look to use her experience in the women’s 10km Open Water swim, while the youngest member of the team, 14-year-old Chelsea Gubecka gets her chance on the world stage.
Sun 28 Jul – Olympians David McKeon and Bronte Barratt will lead the way for Australia in the men’s and women’s 400m freestyle, while our relay swimmers will be in action with the men’s and women’s 4x100m free finals.
Mon 29 Jul – Olympic silver medallist Christian Sprenger will be hoping to make one step further up the podium in the men’s 100m breaststroke, while five-time Olympic medallist Alicia Coutts will be in action in both the women’s 100m butterfly and 200m IM.
Tue 30 Jul – Olympian Thomas Fraser-Holmes is expected to lead the charge in the men’s 200m freestyle, while London silver medallist Emily Seebohm will swim her pet event the women’s 100m backstroke.
Wed 31 Jul – Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer will be in action in the women’s 200m freestyle, while the men’s 100m freestyle gets underway involving James Magnussen and Cameron McEvoy.
Thur 1 Aug – Sister act Cate and Bronte Campbell will look to start their campaign in the women’s 100m freestyle, while James Magnussen and Cameron McEvoy will be focused on the final of the men’s 100m free.
Fri 2 Aug – Australia will be hoping the final of the women’s 100m free is an all Campbell affair featuring both Cate and Bronte, while young guns Mitch Larkin and Matson Lawson will be aiming for the men’s 200m backstroke final.
Sat 3 Aug – Matthew Abood and James Magnussen will be eyeing off the final of the men’s 50m freestyle, while watch out for Belinda Hocking and Meagen Nay in the women’s 200m backstroke final.
Sun 4 Aug – Gold Coast teenager Jordan Harrison will be looking to swim in his first major final in the 1500m freestyle, and the Campbell sisters could be back in action in the 50m free. Australia will also look to finish the meet strongly in the men’s and women’s medley relays.
