Jason Cram (born 21 July 1982) is an Australian

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Career

Cram first competed for Australia at the

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where he finished 6th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:50.30 and with Grant Hackett,

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and Ian Thorpe won gold in the

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in new Games record time of 7:11.69. At the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships in

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, Cram finished 12th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:50.93, equal 24th in the

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in 51.38 and with Hackett, Thorpe and Craig Stevens won gold in the

in 7:09.00. At the 2003 Duel in the Pool between United States and Australia in

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, Cram finished 5th in the 100 metre freestyle in 50.29 and with Casey Flouch,

Antony Matkovich Antony Matkovich (born 12 June 1977) is an Australian swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Coming from Perth, Western Australia, Matkovich became a scholarship holder at the Australian ...

and

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finished behind the United States in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in 3:18.62. At the 2003 World Championships in

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, Cram with Matkovich, Stevens and

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finished first in the heats of the

in 7:17.68 with Cram swimming the third leg in 1:49.03. In the final, Cram and Matkovich were replaced with Hackett and Thorpe who won gold in 7:08.58.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cram, Jason 1982 births Living people Australian male freestyle swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Place of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Career

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