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Flynn Southam (born 5 June 2005) is an Australian
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. At the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, he won gold medals in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, and 200 metre freestyle. In the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, he won a gold medal at the
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as well as silver medals at the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships and the 2022 World Short Course Championships, swimming on the finals relay at each competition. In the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, he won gold medals as a finals relay member at the
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and 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, and a silver medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships.


Background

Southam was born 5 June 2005 in
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."Flynn Southam"
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"Flynn Zareb Southam"
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He trains at
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in
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under the guidance of head coach Chris Mooney.Bowen, Jess (21 July 2022)
"Young gun Flynn Southam prepares to make his first big splash"
''wearegoldcoast.com.au''. 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.


Career


2022


2022 Australian Swimming Championships

At the
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, held in
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in May, Southam qualified for the
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in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, based on his time of 48.76 and third-place finish in the 100 metre freestyle, and the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, based on his fourth-place finish in the 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:46.82.Hy-Tek (22 May 2022)
"2022 Australian Swimming Championships"
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2022 Commonwealth Games

On day one of swimming competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, conducted at
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starting in July, Southam won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay, contributing a split of 49.21 for the first leg of the preliminaries before being substituted out for William Yang in the final."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Heats Results Summary"
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"Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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The following day, he won a second gold medal, this time leading off the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in the final with a time of 48.54 seconds to help achieve a new Games record time of 3:11.12 with finals relay teammates
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, William Yang, and
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."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
Two days later, he went three for three in his relay events, helping win the gold medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay in a Games record time of 7:04.96 by contributing a split of 1:46.08 for the second leg of the relay in the final."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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In his final event, the 50 metre freestyle, he placed tenth in the semifinals with a time of 22.60 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships

For the
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, held at
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in August in
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, Southam won the gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle with a Championships record of 1:47.11, breaking former record of 1:47.65 set by
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in 2018.
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"Day 1 Finals , Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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Hy-Tek (24 August 2022)
"2022 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results"
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Penland, Spencer (24 August 2022)
"Australia's Flynn Southam Downs Jr Pan Pacs Record In Boys 200 Free With 1:47.11"
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The following day, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a Championships record time of 48.23 seconds, lowering the former mark of 48.91 established by Jack Cartwright in 2016, and finishing over one full second ahead of silver medalist Thomas Heilman of the United States.De George, Matthew (25 August 2022)
"Junior Pan Pacs: Day 2 Finals – Flynn Southam Outduels Thomas Heilman in 100 Free"
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Later in the finals session, he helped win the gold medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay in a Championships record time of 7:13.07, leading off the relay with a time of 1:47.30.
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"Southam And Staples Split 1:47 To Lead Australia To Boys 4×200 Jr Pan Pacs Record"
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On the third day, he helped win the silver medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in a final time of 3:18.06, leading-off the relay with a 48.43.Lohn, John (26 August 2022)
"Junior Pan Pacs – Day 3 Finals: Erin Gemmell Completes Freestyle Triple With Meet Record in 400"
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Starting off the fourth and final day, Southam ranked third in the preliminaries of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.75 seconds and qualified for the final.
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"Day 4 Prelims , Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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For his first event of the evening finals session, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle, finishing in a time of 22.36 seconds, which was 0.14 seconds ahead of the two Americans who tied for the silver medal.Lohn, John (27 August 2022)
"Junior Pan Pacs – Day 4 Finals: Maximus Williamson Crushes NAG Record (15–16) in 200 IM; Flynn Southam Triples"
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Concluding the Championships, he helped win the silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 47.87 for the freestyle leg of the relay to contribute to the final mark of 3:36.96.
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"Day 4 Finals , Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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"Heilman Throws Down 51.71 Fly Split As U.S. Breaks 4×100 Medley Jr Pan Pac Record"
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Across his individual events, he earned a total of 27 points for his placings, ranking as the second highest scoring male swimmer, only one point behind fellow Australian Joshua Staples.Lepesant, Anne (28 August 2022)
"Erin Gemmell, Joshua Staples Top The Points Tables At 2022 Junior Pan Pacs"
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2022 World Short Course Championships

Southam was named to the Team Australia roster in early September for the 2022 World Short Course Championships in
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, which was a little over two months before the start of competition."Smiling assassin Atherton among four Bondies named in World Short Course team"
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"Dolphins Named For Home World Short Course Championships"
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On the first day of competition, 13 December, he contributed a split time of 46.55 seconds for the second leg of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in the preliminaries to help qualify the relay to the final ranking fourth with a time of 3:07.02.
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In the evening final, he helped win the silver medal in an
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record time of 3:04.63, leading-off the relay with a personal best time of 47.04.
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The third morning, he swam the third leg of the 4×50 metre freestyle relay in the preliminaries in 21.08 seconds, which contributed to a time of 1:24.42 that qualified the relay to the final ranking fifth.
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For the final, he swam a 21.10 for the third leg, helping set new Oceanian, Commonwealth, Australian, and Australian All Comers records of 1:23.44 and win the gold medal.
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Leading-off the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay in the morning preliminaries on day four with a 22.04, Southam helped qualify the relay to the final ranking second in 1:29.82.
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Later in the same preliminaries session, he split a 1:42.20 for the second leg of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay to help advance the relay to the final ranked fourth with a time of 6:54.83.
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On the finals 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay, Kyle Chalmers substituted in for him and he won a silver medal for his efforts when the relay placed second in 1:28.03.
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In his second event of the evening, he split a 1:41.50 for the third leg of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay to help win the silver medal in an Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian record time of 6:46.54.
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"World Records Fall and Pallister Wins Fourth World Title"
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The fifth morning, he helped advance the 4×50 metre medley relay to the final ranking seventh with a time of 1:33.25, swimming a 21.28 for the freestyle leg of the relay.
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He won a bronze medal in the event when the finals relay placed third in a time of 1:30.81.
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2023

At the 2023 New South Wales State Open Championships in March in
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, Southam won the gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle with a 1:47.08, placed fourth in the final of the 100 metre freestyle with a 49.08, eighth in the final of the 50 metre freestyle with a 22.78, and fifth in the 1500 metre freestyle with a 16:01.14.Hy-Tek (13 March 2023)
"2023 NSW State Open Championships: Results"
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The following month, in the preliminaries of the 200 metre freestyle on day two at the
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, he ranked third and qualified for the final with a time of 1:47.53. He won a silver medal in the final with a personal best time of 1:46.67. The following day, he won the bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 22.32 seconds. On the fourth and final day, he won the bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 48.53 seconds before winning the national title in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, where he split a 47.71 for the anchor leg of the relay to help finish in 3:18.35."Meet Results: 2023 Australian Swimming Championships"
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Following the Championships, he was named to the Swimming Australia roster for the 2023 World Junior Championships."L'Australia per i Campionati del mondo Juniores con 30 atleti"
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For his first event at the 2023 Australian Swimming Trials in June in Melbourne, Southam placed fifth in the final of the 200 metre freestyle with a 1:47.11."Meet Results: 2023 Australian Swimming Trials"
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International championships (50 m)

: Southam swam only in the prelims heats.


International championships (25 m)

: Southam swam only in the prelims heats.


Personal best times


Long course metres (50 m pool)


Short course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: r – relay 1st leg


Continental and national records


Short course metres (25 m pool)


Awards and honours

* Hancock Prospecting Swimming Excellence scholarship, holder: 2023"Big win for Flynn"
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