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Dylan Carter (born 30 January 1996) is a Trinidad and Tobago competitive swimmer. He is the Trinidad and Tobago record holder in the
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100 metre freestyle, 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, 50 metre butterfly, and 100 metre butterfly. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, he became the first swimmer representing Trinidad and Tobago to win a silver medal a World Short Course Championships, winning the silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly. In 2018 and 2022, he won the bronze medal in the 50 metre butterfly and the 50 metre freestyle at the World Short Course Championships, respectively. He was the male overall winner for the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup, winning nine gold medals, five in Trinidad and Tobago record times, to become the first Trinidad and Tobago overall winner.


International career


2016–2018

Carter competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in
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, in the men's 100 metre freestyle. Later in 2016, Carter competed at the FINA Short Course World Championships where he made the final in the 200m freestyle and finished 4th. He also finaled in the 50m butterfly where he finished 7th. Carter won the silver medal at the
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in the 50 m butterfly. Collegiately, he competed for the University of Southern California under head coach Dave Salo where he won 4 NCAA titles as a part of USCs relay team.


2019: Backstroke on the rise


2019 World Championships

In July 2019 at the
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, which took place in
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, Carter and Simone Sabbioni of
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had wedge equipment malfunction during their starts in the 100 metre backstroke."18th FINA World Championships 2019: Results Book"
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Latimer, Jolene (21 July 2019)
"Equipment failures plague men's 100 backstroke at worlds"
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"Malfunctioning equipment forces solo re-races in preliminary"
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Officials required Carter and Sabbioni to re-swim the race alone, one at a time, after the malfunction was ruled due to the wedge apparatus failure if they wanted to compete in the semifinals. In his re-swim, Carter advanced to the semifinals with his time of 54.03 seconds where he placed 16th overall with a time of 54.08 seconds.


2021: Butterfly national records


2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in
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, Japan and held in July and August 2021 due to the
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, Carter competed in four individual events.
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"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
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In the 100 metre butterfly, Carter ranked 33rd and set a new national record with his time of 52.36 seconds. For his other three individual events, Carter ranked 33rd in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.46 seconds, 22nd in the 100 metre freestyle with a 48.66, and 32nd in the 100 metre backstroke in a time of 54.82 seconds.


International Swimming League

During match nine of the 2021 International Swimming League in
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, Carter took third place in the short course 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.36, which broke the Trinidad and Tobago national record in the event he had previously set at 22.38 seconds in 2018."ISL Match 9 Napoli (ITA): Men's 50m Butterfly Results"
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Dornan, Ben (27 September 2021)
"Dylan Carter Hits 22.36 50 Butterfly To Set New Trinidad & Tobago Record"
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2021 World Short Course Championships

On 20 December 2021, Carter won the silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly in a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 21.98 seconds at the 2021 World Short Course Championships held at
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"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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His silver medal was the first medal other than a bronze medal to be won by a swimmer representing Trinidad and Tobago at a World Short Course Championships.Keith, Braden (21 December 2021)
"United States Tops SC World Championships Medals Table For 3rd Straight Edition"
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He also placed ninth in the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 49.87 seconds.
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For his accomplishments, Carter received congratulations from the Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Sport and Community Development,
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2022


2022 World Aquatics Championships

At the
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, held at
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in
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with swimming competition in June, Carter placed fourth in the 50 metre butterfly with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 22.85 seconds and place fourteenth in the 100 metre freestyle with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 48.30 seconds.Simon, Nigel (22 June 2022)
"Carter 14th in 100m freestyle swim"
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2022 Swimming World Cup

At the first stop of the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup, in
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, Carter won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 20.77 seconds, finishing 0.27 seconds ahead of silver medalist
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of Australia and 0.28 seconds ahead of bronze medalist
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"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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"Carter strikes gold in 50m 'free' at World Cup"
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"La hongkonesa Haughey lanza un serio aviso de cara a los Mundiales"
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The following day, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a Trinidad and Tobago record and personal best time of 23.15 seconds, finishing 0.07 seconds ahead of silver medalist Thomas Ceccon of
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"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
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Day three, he won a third gold medal, this time finishing first in the 50 metre butterfly with a 22.13, which was less than one-tenth of a second ahead of silver medalist Chad le Clos of
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"Sates completes tough golden double on final day in Berlin"
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"Conclusa la CdM Berlino. Giorno 3. Tutti i vincitori. Ruta Meilutyte sfiora il WR dei 50 rana (28.60). Ceccon e Razzetti d’argento, Rivolta al bronzo"
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His scores across all of his events in Berlin ranked him as the second highest-scoring male competitor with 57.3 points, which was only 1.0 point behind first-ranked Matthew Sates of South Africa."FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Men Individual Rankings 2022"
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For the 50 metre freestyle on day one of the second stop of the World Cup circuit, starting 28 October in
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, Carter won the gold medal with a time of 20.91 seconds, which was less than two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist
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and bronze medalist Kyle Chalmers.Seepersad, Roger (28 October 2022)
"THIS DYLAN'S ON FIRE"
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The following day, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 22.94 seconds, lowering his record mark from the first stop by over two-tenths of a second.
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"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Toronto (CAN): Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
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Nagime, Mateus (29 October 2022)
"Bia Dizotti é prata com records brasileiro na Copa do Mundo de Toronto"
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Ramnanansingh, Jonathan (29 October 2022)
"Carter bags fifth gold at FINA World Cup"
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In the same session, approximately 30 minutes later, he placed fourth in the final of the 100 metre freestyle with a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 46.36 seconds. He brought his medal count for the World Cup to six gold medals on the third and final day in Toronto, winning the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.28 seconds, which was less than four-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Chad le Clos and bronze medalist Thomas Ceccon.Beckles, Jelani (30 October 2022)
"Carter wins 6th gold of Swimming World Cup"
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Prescott, Ian (30 October 2022)
"THAT MAN, CARTER!"
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Ramphal, Vidia (30 October 2022)
"Carter's golden run continues in Canada"
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Starting off the third and final stop, held in Indianapolis, United States with competition commencing on 3 November, Carter won a gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle in a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 20.72 seconds, the medal marked his seventh gold medal of the circuit.
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Beckles, Jelani (3 November 2022)
"Carter wins 7th World Cup gold, breaks another TT record"
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"KING CARTER"
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The next day, he finished in a Trinidad and Tobago record, US Open record, and personal best time of 22.72 seconds in the final of the 50 metre backstroke to win the gold medal, a time which was 0.22 seconds faster than his previous best mark and 0.11 seconds slower than the World Cup record of 22.61 seconds set in 2009 by Peter Marshall of the United States.
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Alibey, Walter (4 November 2022)
"Carter golden again in 50m backstroke"
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Day three of three, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a US Open record time of 21.99 seconds.
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Simon, Nigel (7 November 2022)
"Carter over the moon after splashing FINA US$.1M prize"
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His win brought his final score across all three stops of the 2022 World Cup to 172.6 points for his nine gold medals spanning freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly, which earned him the title of overall male winner, highest scoring competitor from any country and across all strokes, for the year.Pérez, Marta (6 November 2022)
"Beata Nelson y Dylan Carter, campeones de la Copa del Mundo; Weiler, octava en el día final"
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He was the first swimmer representing Trinidad and Tobago in competition, and first
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swimmer, to win an overall title.Ramnanansingh, Jonathan (7 November 2022)
"Massive step for Carter after pocketing US$130k at FINA World Cup"
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2022 World Short Course Championships

In December, at the 2022 World Short Course Championships in
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, Australia, Carter commenced competition with a 22.11 in the preliminaries of the 50 metre butterfly on day one, qualifying for the semifinals later in the day ranking fourth.
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He lowered his time to a 22.02 in the evening semifinals, qualifying for the final ranking second.
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The following evening, he finished in a time of 22.14 seconds in the final to place sixth.
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"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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"Carter sixth in men's 50m butterfly final at World Short Course"
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For the preliminaries of the 50 metre backstroke on day three, he ranked fourth and advanced to the final with a time of 23.07 seconds.
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Later in the day, he tied Lorenzo Mora of Italy for firth-rank in the semifinals with a time of 22.90 seconds and both qualified for the final.
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"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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"Carter into World Short Course men's 50m backstroke final"
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"Carter to make amends in 50m butterfly"
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On day four, Carter achieved a Trinidad and Tobago record time of 20.70 seconds in the preliminaries of the 50 metre freestyle and qualified for the evening semifinals ranking second.
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In the evening session for the day, he started off with a seventh-place finish in the final of the 50 metre backstroke in a time of 23.12 seconds.
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Alibey, Walter (17 December 2022)
"Carter seventh in 50m backstroke"
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He concluded the evening session in a tie for fifth-rank with Lewis Burras of
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in the semifinals of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 20.94 seconds.
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"Last chance saloon"
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He won the first medal of the competition for Trinidad and Tobago in the final, finishing third in a time of 20.72 seconds to win the bronze medal.
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"Carter claims bronze in World Short Course 50m free"
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"Bronze for 'proud' Carter at World Short Course"
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International championships (50 m)


International championships (25 m)


Personal best times


Long course metres (50 m pool)


Short course metres (25 m pool)


Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Carter has won at
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Awards

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'' Swammy Award Central American and Caribbean Athlete of the Year (male): 2018,Keith, Braden (29 December 2018)
"2018 Swammy Awards: CAC Male Athlete Of The Year Dylan Carter"
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2020,Anderson, Jared (30 December 2020)
"2020 Swammy Awards: CAC Male Swimmer Of The Year Dylan Carter"
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2021Carlson, Reid (2 January 2022)
"2021 Swammy Awards: Dylan Carter Wins Men's CAC Swimmer Of The Year"
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References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Dylan 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Clara, California Swimmers from California Trinidad and Tobago male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Trinidad and Tobago Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games USC Trojans men's swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)