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Mitch Larkin

Mitch Larkin
Kazan 2015 - Mitch Larkin gold.JPG
Larkin in Kazan 2015
Personal information
Full name Mitchell James Larkin
Nickname(s) "Mitch"
National team  Australia
Born (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 23)
Buderim, Queensland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Club Commercial
Coach Simon Cusack

Mitchell Larkin (born 9 July 1993) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in backstroke events. He competed for Australia in swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Larkin won a gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke and a silver medal in both the 50-metre and 100-metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and two gold in the 100-metre and 200-metre backstroke at the 2015 FINA world championships in Kazan, Russia.

His personal best in long course events are 52.11 for the 100 metre backstroke and 1:53.17 for the 200 metre backstroke, both set at the Dubai world cup in November 2015.

In November 2015, Larkin broke the short course world record in the 200-metre backstroke, lowering it to 1:45.63.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Larkin represented Australia in the 100m and 200m backstroke and the 4 x 100m medley relay. In the 100m backstroke, Larkin was the third fastest in the heats with a time of 53.04 and third fastest out of the two second semi-final heats with a time of 52.70.

Despite only being three hundredths slower than his gold medal winning time at the 2015 world championships, he missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the final with a time of 52.43.


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