Mack Horton
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Horton at the 2015 World Championships
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| Full name | Mackenzie Horton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Mack" "Mack the Knife" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia
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25 April 1996 Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Melbourne Vicentre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Craig Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Mackenzie "Mack" Horton OAM (born 25 April 1996) is an Australian freestyle swimmer. He is an Olympic gold medallist, World Championships medallist, and Commonwealth Games medallist. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he finished first in the 400m freestyle, winning his first gold medal and became the first male swimmer from the state of Victoria to do so in the Games' history.
Horton first represented Australia at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Honolulu, where he won gold in the 1500 metre freestyle in a championship record time of 15:10.07. At the same meet, he finished second in the 400-metre freestyle and 4th in the 800-metre freestyle.
Two months later at the final leg of the 2012 World Cup in Singapore, Horton won the 1500 metre freestyle event in 14:54.25.
At the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Horton won gold in the 1500 metre freestyle event.
Eight months later at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Dubai, Horton won five gold medals and a silver. He took out the 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events and alongside Luke Percy, Regan Leong and Blake Jones won the 4×100 m freestyle relay all in new Championships record times. The team of Horton, Leong, Isaac Jones and Jack McLoughlin finished second behind the British in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event.
Horton qualified for his first senior team at the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships where he won the 1500 metre freestyle in 14:51.55 and finished second behind David McKeon in the 400-metre freestyle in 3:44.60, setting two new junior world records. Horton also finished 5th in the 200-metre freestyle in 1:47.36 which also set a new junior world record.
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