Matthew Temple (born 20 June 1999) is an Australian

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. He is the Oceanian record and Australian record holder in the

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100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.25 seconds."McKeown, Temple and Titmus break Australian records on final day of Olympic swimming trials"
'' Olympics.com''. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023. He competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

, placing 10th in his semi final. At the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, he placed fifth in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.92 seconds in the final."2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly"
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''. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023. Temple achieved qualifying times for the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edi ...

and

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...

in the 100 metre butterfly at the

2022 Australian Swimming Championships The 2022 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 18 to 22 May 2022 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally scheduled for April, the meet was pushed back to May after the announcement o ...

, held in

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in May, winning the event 0.17 seconds ahead of second-place finisher

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 ...

with a time of 51.50 seconds.Hy-Tek (22 May 2022)
"2022 Australian Swimming Championships"
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''. Retrieved 22 August 2022. At the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, held in August in

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, Temple won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly, with a personal best time of 22.70 seconds, and the 100 metre butterfly, with a 50.09, and the bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 46.80 seconds.Hanson, Ian (24 August 2022)
"Sydney Sprints: Aussie Lani Pallister and USA's David Johnston In Record Blitz At Aussie Short Course Champs"
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''. Retrieved 29 August 2022.Hy-Tek (27 August 2022)
"2022 Australian Short Course Championships: Results"
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''. Retrieved 29 August 2022."Impressive Aussies Headline Night Three Of Sydney Sprints"
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''. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

World records

Short course metres

split 48.34 (butterfly leg); with

Isaac Cooper Isaac Cooper (born 7 January 2004) is an Australian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke and in the heats of the 4x100 metre mixed medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Isaac competed in the 2022 FINA Short Course World Ch ...

(backstroke leg),

Joshua Yong Joshua Yong (born 24 July 2001) is a Bruneian-born Australian swimmer. He competed in the mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal. Early life and education Yong was born in Bandar Seri Begawan ...

(breaststroke leg),

(freestyle leg)

References

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(archived) * * * * 1999 births Australian male butterfly swimmers Living people Australian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Australia Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming 21st-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub