Jack Alan McLoughlin (born 1 February 1995) is a retired Australian

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. He competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the

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. At the

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McLoughlin won a gold medal in the same event and silver in the 400 metre freestyle. In the Autumn of 2019, he was a member of the inaugural

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swimming for the New York Breakers, who competed in the Americas Division. McLoughlin won silver in the 400 metre freestyle at the 2020

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. He was beaten into second place by 0.16 of a second.

Career

McLoughlin was only 18 years old when he competed at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, winning gold in the freestyle relay. He was placed fourth in the 1500 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events. McLoughlin then competed in the 1500 metre freestyle at the

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, Brazil. At the 2017 World Championships in

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, Hungary, McLoughlin competed in marathon and freestyle swimming. For marathon, he placed twenty-third for the five kilometre and fourth for the five kilometre team relay. At the 2018 Pan-Pacific Championships in

, Japan, McLoughlin competed in the 400 metre, 800 metre, and 1,500 metre freestyle events; he finished first in the 400 metre freestyle (3:44.20), third in the 800 metre freestyle (7:47.31), and fourth in the 1,500 metre freestyle (14:44.92). At the 2019 World Championships in

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, Korea, McLoughlin competed in the 400 metre, 800 metre, 1,500 metre, and 4x200 metre freestyle events. He finished sixth in the 400 metre freestyle (3:45.19), fourth in the 800 metre freestyle (7:42.64), and first in the 4x200 metre freestyle.

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(archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:McLoughlin, Jack 1995 births Living people Swimmers from Brisbane Australian male freestyle swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Australia World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Australian sportsmen Sportsmen from Queensland Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games