Brendon Smith (born 4 July 2000) is an Australian swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the

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and has competed in the

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and the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials. Smith and Rob Woodhouse are the only Australian men to have won an Olympic medal in an individual medley event.

Background

Smith trained with the

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Swimming Club in Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs until 2022. In 2018 he was named by

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as one of the "20 Australians Under 20 You Need to be Watching" in the men's category.Keith, Braden (14 February 2022)
"Olympic Bronze Medalist Brendon Smith Joins Michael Bohl's Group At Griffith"
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''. Retrieved 14 February 2022. In 2022, Smith left his swim club in Nunawading and began training with Michael Bohl at

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. Smith is a student at

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, studying a Bachelor of Business in

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and

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. Smith is a lifesaver at the Half Moon Bay SLSC in Black Rock,

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. He competed at the Australian Youth Lifesaving Team at the 2018 Lifesaving World Championships. Smith was the only Victorian on the team. He broke two records and took home five medals, including a win in the men's 17-18 200m Obstacle Race.

Career

He competed at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in the 200 metre, 400 metre, and 800 metre freestyle events and the 200 metre individual medley, winning the silver medal in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:52.67.Hy-Tek (26 August 2018)
"2018 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results"
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''. Retrieved 14 February 2022. A year later in 2019, Smith competed at the

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in the 200 metre breaststroke, 800 metre freestyle and 400 metre individual medley and won the bronze medal in the freestyle relay alongside Maxwell Carleton, Ashton Brinkworth, Jacob Hansford and Cameron Tysoe.

2021 Summer Olympics Trials

Smith competed at the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials in the 200 metre, 800 metre, and 1500 metre freestyle events as well as both the 200 metre and 400 metre individual medley events. He qualified for the Australian Olympic swim team after achieving an Australian record in the 400 metre individual medley final with a time of 4:10.04, surpassing the previous record set by Thomas Fraser-Holmes at the 2013 Australian Swimming Championships with a time of 4:10.14.

2020 Summer Olympics

At the

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, and held in 2021 due to the

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, Smith broke both the Australian and Commonwealth record in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4.09.27 in the prelims heats. In the final, he won a bronze medal in the event with a time of 4:10.38, which was 0.10 seconds slower than silver medalist in the event

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of the

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, less than one second slower than the gold medalist in the event

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of the United States, and marked Australia's first medal at the 2020 Olympic Games."2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 400m Individual Medley"
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''. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022."Best bits of the Tokyo Olympics: Australia wins first gold, silver and bronze in pool"
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