Christian David Sprenger (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian former

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can b ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Simon Cusack.

Swimming career

At the

2008 Australian Swimming Championships The 2008 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships were held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 22–29 March 2008. The championships were used as the Australian trials for the 2008 Olympic Game ...

he qualified in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, placing second in both events to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He failed to make the finals in either event but picked up a silver after swimming in the heats of the medley relay. Later on in the year he won nine individual FINA World Cup races during the 2008 series. He also won seven silvers and three bronze. Sprenger had his first individual success at global level in 2009, breaking

Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at ...

's world record in the semifinals of the 200m breaststroke, and took taking two bronze medals at the World Championships in Rome. He had more international success in 2010, as he captured a silver in the 100-metre breaststroke 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. Me ...

and a bronze in the medley relay, along with 3 medals at the Commonwealth Games. A career highlight, Sprenger won silver in the 100-metre breaststroke at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

with a new personal best of 58.93 seconds. At the 2013 World Aquatics, Sprenger captured gold in the 100-metre breaststroke in a new personal best time. He also collected silver in the 50-metre breaststroke. At the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, he won a bronze medal in the men's 50 m breaststroke and was part of the Australian team that won the silver in men's 4 x 100 medley relay.

Personal life

Sprenger is of German descent. His cousin

Nicholas Sprenger Nicholas Sprenger (born 14 May 1985) is an Australian middle-distance freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Coming from Brisbane, Queensland, Sprenger who is coached ...

is a freestyler who represented Australia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.

Career Best Times

Sprenger has broken 2 world records in his career

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sprenger, Christian 1985 births Living people People from Queensland Australian male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Commercial Swimming Club swimmers Australian people of German descent World record setters in swimming Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Olympic silver medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming

Swimming career

Personal life

Career Best Times

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