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; updated 2010-06-16, retrieved 2010-07-06. is a national-record holding and Olympic and world championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia, who competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

Career

His first international success came at the 2006 Oceania Swimming Championships, 2006 Oceania Championships, where he set the Championships Records in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m backstroke. At the 2008 Telstra Trials he qualified in the 100 m and the 200 m backstroke, placing first and second respectively to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He left Beijing with a silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, and a fifth-place finish in the 100m backstroke. In 2009, he won all three backstroke events at the 2009 Telstra Trials, setting national records in the 50 and 200 m. At the World Championships, with arguably Australia's strongest leg absent (freestyler Eamon Sullivan), the medley relay team was overhauled by Germany, finishing with bronze. In 2010 Delany was bested by longtime rival Hayden Stoeckel in all three backstrokes at the

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. At the

2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The eleventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, also known as the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Irvine, California, United States, from August 18–22. M ...

, Delaney won bronze in the 100 m backstroke. He backed up his form on the second night, taking silver in the 50 m. Night 3 saw him finish 4th in the 200m backstroke. On the final night Delaney collected another bronze in the medley relay.

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Delaney, Ashley 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Sale, Victoria Australian male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Victoria (state)

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