Nicholas Sloman (born 30 October 1997) is an Australian

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. He is a six-time medalist at

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, winning a gold medal and a silver medal at the 2019 edition and three silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2022 edition. At the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim.

Career

2018–2019

For the

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, held in August in

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, Sloman was named to the

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roster.Brien, Taylor (4 July 2018)
"Australia Announces 33 Swimmer Roster for 2018 Pan Pacific Championships"
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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022. He competed in the 10 kilometre open water swim on 14 August, where he won the bronze medal with a time of 1:59:20.8, which was 30.3 seconds behind gold medalist

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of the

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and 24.1 seconds behind silver medalist

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."Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018: Results Men 10 km"
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''. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2022.Dheensaw, Cleve (13 August 2018)
"Victoria's Eric Hedlin surfaces with Pan Pacific 10K silver"
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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022. At the 2019

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Championships in March in

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, Sloman won the national title in the 2 kilometre ocean swim along with

Lani Pallister Lani Pallister (born 6 June 2002) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a world record holder in two sports, with a world record in swimming, the short course 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and world records in life saving for the youth ...

, who won the women's title, marking his third-consecutive title in the event."Pallister and Sloman win ocean swim titles with fast legs"
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''. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2022. He followed up with a silver medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim at the leg of the 2019 FINA Marathon Swim World Series held in May in

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with a time of 1:56:04.10.

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(2019)
"Aquatics World Magazine: Wings Over The Water Gwangju 2019"
''Russian Swimming Federation''. Retrieved 8 December 2022. Two months later, at the

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held in July in

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, he placed twenty-first in the 10 kilometre open water swim on 16 July, finishing in a time of 1:49:22.7.

(16 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 10km Results"
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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022. Two days later, he placed fifth in the 5 kilometre (4×1250 metre) open water team relay with a final relay time of 54:36.8. In September, at the leg of the Marathon Swim World Series Nantou,

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, he won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:56:31.20."FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 2019 – Leg 8: Results Men 10km"

. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

2022

2022 World Aquatics Championships

In March, Sloman was one of six swimmers named to Team Australia in

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for the

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."Dolphins Open Water team named for World Championships"
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''. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022. On 26 June, he helped achieve a sixth-place finish in the mixed gender 4×1500 metre open water relay with a time of 1:05:30.8.

(26 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 6km Relay Results"
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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022. In his second event, the 5 kilometre open water swim the next day, he tied Brennan Gravley of the United States for tenth-place with a time of 54:28.4.

(27 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 5km Results"
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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022.Moore, Glenn (27 June 2022)
"Places of eight for Aussies in water"
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''. Retrieved 13 January 2023. For his third and final event, the 10 kilometre open water swim held on 29 June, he finished in a time of 1:51:58.1 and placed eighth, which was 1 minute and 1.3 seconds behind gold medalist

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of Italy.

(29 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 10km Results"
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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

2022 Marathon Swim World Series

At the second leg of the 2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series, held in July at

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, Sloman won a silver medal in the 4×1500 metre open water relay in a time of 1:08:03.75.Arcobelli, Stefano (10 July 2022)
"Paltrinieri fa vincere la staffetta. Galossi e la piccola Italia d'oro"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022. He also finished in a time of 1:51:41.95 in the 10 kilometre swim and won the bronze medal."FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 – Leg 2: Results Men 10km"

. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022. The following leg, conducted in August at

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in Canada, he won the silver medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:50:51.68, sharing the podium with gold medalist

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and bronze medalist

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of Hungary."FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 – Leg 3: Results Men 10km"

. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.Csurka, Gergely (28 August 2022)
"Nyílt vízi úszás: Betlehem Dávid első egyéni vk-dobogója"
(in Hungarian). ''

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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022. He won a second silver medal in the 4×1500 metre open water relay at the final leg, with competition held in November in

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, helping achieve a final time of 1:06:36.60.Pérez, Marta (11 November 2022)
"El relevo español, quinto en las Series Mundiales de Eilat"
(in Spanish). ''

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''. Retrieved 8 December 2022. For the 10 kilometre swim he placed eleventh with a time of 1:46:56.60."FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 – Leg 5: Results Men 10km"

. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022. Across all of the legs of the World Circuit for the year, he earned 1600 points, tying for rank of sixth overall with Dario Verani of Italy amongst all male competitors."FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022: Men Ranking 2022"

. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

2023

In January 2023, at the year's Australian Open Water Championships, Sloman finished in a time of 55:20.96 in the 5 kilometre open water swim to place second less than one-tenth of a second behind

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.Hanson, Ian (28 January 2023)
"Local WA Hero Kyle Lee Wins A 5Km Thriller With Nic Sloman In A Fitting Finale To Australian Open Water Championships"
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''. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Two months later, he was named to the

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roster for Swimming Australia in the 10 kilometre open water swim."Dolphins named for Open Water World Championships"
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''. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023. In April, at the

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, he won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle with a 15:18.20 and placed ninth in the 400 metre freestyle with a 3:55.98."Meet Results: 2023 Australian Swimming Championships"
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''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

International championships

Marathon Swim World Series circuits

The following medals Sloman has won at Marathon Swim World Series circuits."Nicholas Sloman: Medals"

. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sloman, Nicholas 1997 births Living people Australian male freestyle swimmers Australian long-distance swimmers Sportsmen from Queensland World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen