David McKeon
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| Full name | David McKeon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia
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25 July 1992 Wollongong, New South Wales |
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| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | West Illawarra/NSWIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Ron McKeon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David McKeon (born 25 July 1992) is an Australian competition swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the men's 400-metre freestyle, finishing in 14th place in the heats, failing to reach the final.
McKeon was born on 25 July 1992 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He is the son of the former olympic swimmer Ron McKeon and has a sister, Emma, who is also a swimmer.
McKeon won a gold medal in the 400 metres freestyle at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzen, China.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, he competed in the 400 metre freestyle, finishing fifth in his heat and 14th overall with a time of 3:48.57, but failing to qualify for the final. He then swam in the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, helping Australia to qualify for the final where they eventually placed fifth.
In 2013 he competed at the 15th FINA World Championships held in Barcelona, Spain, where he placed 12th in the 400 metre freestyle and was part of an Australian quartet, alongside Ned McKendry, Alexander Graham and Jarrod Killey, which failed to advance to the final of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay after placing ninth in the heats.
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