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Trent Anthony Bray (born 1 September 1973) is a former freestyle
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from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive
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. He also won three gold medals and three bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships


Early life

Bray was born in Auckland and attended Lynfield College.


Olympic Games

*
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
in Barcelona, Spain. 200m Freestyle (26th), 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay – Men (9th), 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay – Men (11th) *
1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
in Atlanta, United States. – 200m Freestyle (20th), 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay – Men (9th), 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay – Men (9th)


World championships

* Silver Medal – 200m freestyle at the 1993 World Short-Course Championships
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, Spain. This was a New Zealand and Commonwealth record. World ranking: 2 * Gold Medal – 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1995 World Short-Course Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bray's time of 48.55 seconds was a New Zealand record time and the relay total time was an NZ record and the 4th fastest time ever recorded at that date. * Silver Medal – 200m Freestyle at the 1997 World Short-Course Championships, Gothenburg, Sweden. World ranking: 3


Commonwealth Games

* Silver medal in the 200m Freestyle at the
1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...
in Victoria, Canada * Silver medal in the Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay Team 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada * Silver medal in the Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay Team 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada * Bronze with the Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay Team
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


See also

* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)


References


swiminfo.co.nz
1973 births Living people Olympic swimmers for New Zealand New Zealand male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Auckland Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) New Zealand surf lifesavers People educated at Lynfield College Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub