Izaac Keith Stubblety-Cook ( ; born 4 January 1999) is an Australian

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. He is a former

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holder in the

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200 metre breaststroke. In 2021, Stubblety-Cook competed in the men's 100m and 200m

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events at the

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in Tokyo, winning a gold medal (and setting an

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) in the latter event. He swam the breaststroke leg in the mixed 4x100m relay in which Australia finished 3rd, winning a bronze medal. He trains under Vince Raleigh at the Chandler Aquatic Centre, Brisbane, Queensland.

Career

Stubblety-Cook started swimming at Wellers Hill Water Ratz, a swimming club in

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, Queensland. His reason for joining was to participate in the swim program for general water safety. Stubblety-Cook then competed in the heats of the 200m breaststroke at the 2018

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, He then competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke 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.

. He won his first international medal, a silver medal, in the 200m breaststroke, at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo. He continued to impress at the 2021 Australian Swimming National Championships, taking out two national titles in the 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke. In the

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, Stubblety-Cook was awarded the

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. At the

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, held in May in

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, he qualified for the

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and

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in the 100 metre breaststroke and 200 metre breaststroke, setting a new

in the 200 metre breaststroke in the final with a time of 2:05.95 to break the former record of 2:06.12 set by

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in 2019.Ross, Andy (20 May 2022)
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''. Retrieved 22 August 2022. In 2023, he competed at the

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and finished with a silver medal in the 200 metres breastroke after being 0.92 seconds behind

Qin Haiyang Qin Haiyang ( zh, 覃海洋, born 17 May 1999) is a Chinese swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and individual medley. He holds the world record in the 200m breaststroke, which he set at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. At the sa ...

, who had broken the world record set by Stubblety-Cook, during that event. He also took part in the 4×100 m mixed medley and 4×100 m medley events, and took silver and bronze respectively.

World records

Long course metres

Olympic records

Long course metres

References

External links

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