Matt Abood

Olympic Medalist Matt Abood Joins Swimming Australia Board As Athlete Director

Abood won bronze on the Aussie men’s 400 free relay in Rio and was also a member of the 2011 World Championship winning relay in Shanghai.

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Ariarne Titmus Reflects On Her ‘Most Satisfying Win,’ Plus More Day 1 Quotes From Worlds

Titmus said her preparation wasn’t “the most perfect” coming into this meet, but the key in this star-studded showdown was swimming “free and fearless.”

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Watch Kyle Chalmers Swim The 3rd Fastest 100 Freestyle In History: 45.03

Check out Kyle Chalmers rip a 45.03 short course 100 freestyle at the Doha stop of the 2021 FINA World Series to become the 3rd fastest man in history.

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Swimming Australia Opens Bidding Process For Tokyo 2020

Swimming Australia is excited to announce it has opened its bidding process for the next four years of domestic events,…

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Campbell and Abood Discuss Russia, Time Change, and Swimming at Auburn

While training at Auburn University, an interview was conducted with head coach Jacco Verhaeren, Australian swimming performance manager Wayne Lomas, and…

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Cate Campbell on 100 Free: “Everyone Is the Hunted! I Am the Underdog”

Some of the Australian Olympic swim team members spoke with the press yesterday about the upcoming Olympic Games. Cate Campbell and Matt Abood…

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Get To Know Aussie Olympians Outside The Pool (Videos)

Which of their Aussie Olympic teammates is most likely to be a movie star?

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2015 Australian SC C’ships Preview: Aussie All Stars In Full Force

The lightning-fast Campbell sisters are just 2 of the stellar swimmers set to compete at the Australian SC Championships this week.

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Photo Gallery: Team Australia Descends on Doha Staging Camp

Find photos of your favorite Aussie swim stars in this Worlds staging camp gallery.

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VIDEO: Swimming Australia stars take the 100-meter Swim Cap Challenge

Matt Abood and Dave McKeon take on Britt Elmslie and Jess Corones in a new kind of race devised by Swimming Australia.

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Highlights From Glasgow – One World Record, Six New Commonwealth Games Records, And Much More On Night Two

The individual records themselves were impressive, but so was Dan Wallace’s swim in the men’s 400m IM to take home another gold for the host nation

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Men’s 50 and 100 Meter Freestyle – Commonwealth Games Preview – Australian Sprinters Unbeatable?

There’s been no denying that Australian sprinting is well on the rise and the Australians contain some of the fastest swimmers in the world on their roster. Five swimmers have been under 22 seconds this year in the 50m freestyle according to the TYR world rankings; all but one have been Australian.

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Sprinters Highlight Western Australian State Championships

Australian team members Andrew and Matt Abood and WA-born Olympian Tommaso D’Orsogna provided plenty of entertainment…

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