Jack Cartwright (born 22 September 1998) is an Australian

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. He is scheduled to make his Olympics debut at the

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in Paris on 27 July 2024.

Early life and career

Cartwright was raised in

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where during his childhood he would travel to

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for training, moving to the city in 2008 where he trained with the Gladstone Gladiators. After securing a scholarship, Cartwright relocated to Brisbane in 2014 to attend private Lutheran school St Peters College. At the

2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held from 24 to 27 August 2016 at Lahaina Aquatic Center in Maui, Hawaii, United States.

, Cartwright won gold medals in the 200 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle (where he set a Championships record of 48.91 seconds in the preliminaries), 50 metre freestyle, and the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, a silver medal in 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay."2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results"
''swmeets.com''. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2022. He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the

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. At the

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on the Gold Coast, Cartwright won two gold medals as part of the teams who won the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay. Cartwright was part of the winning 4 x 100 metre relay and the 4 x 100 metre freestyle teams at the

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and

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and Fukushima respectively, winning a collective total of three gold medals and one silver medal. Following this success, Cartwright won another silver medal at the

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as part of the mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay team. Following the

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in Brisbane, Cartwright was named as part of the Australian swimming team to compete in the

in Paris.

World records

Long course metres

split 48.12 (1st leg); with

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian ...

(2nd leg),

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(3rd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)
split 48.14 (1st leg); with Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg),

Shayna Jack Shayna Louise Jack (born 6 November 1998) is an Australian swimmer. She won gold medals in Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics. From 2019 to 2021, Jack served a 24-mont ...

(3rd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)

References

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