Leon Dunne (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian

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Career

Dunne first competed for Australia at the

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where he competed in the 50 metre butterfly. At the

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, Dunne finished 13th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:47.51 and 27th in the 100 metre individual medley in 56.72. In the relays, Dunne with Antony Matkovich, Robert van der Zant and Todd Pearson finished first in the heats of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in 3:15.32 with Dunne swimming the opening leg in 49.54. In the final, Dunne and Van der Zant were replaced with

Ashley Callus Ashley John Callus (born 10 March 1979) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Coming from Brisbane, Queensland, and of Maltese o ...

and Adam Pine who finished in 4th place in 3:11.38. In the

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, Dunne with Pearson,

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won gold in a new championship record time of 7:00.36 with Dunne swimming the third leg in 1:45.31. At the

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, Dunne with Hackett, Jason Cram and

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won gold in the

in new Games record time of 7:11.69. In the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, Dunne with Callus, Pine and Pearson finished first in the heats with a time of 3:20.70. In the final, Dunne and Pine were replaced with Hackett and Thorpe who won gold in a Games record time of 3:16.42. At the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships in

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, Dunne finished 15th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:51.61 and equal 18th in the

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in 51.12.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunne, Leon 1975 births Living people Australian male freestyle swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

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