Matt Targett
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| Full name | Matthew Stephen Targett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Matt" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia
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| Born |
24 December 1985 Chertsey, England |
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| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nunawading Swimming Club Melbourne Vicentre |
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| College team | Auburn University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rohan Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Stephen Targett (born 24 December 1985) is an Australian sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer and model.
In 2006 and in his home town of Melbourne, Targett competed in the 50-metre butterfly, finishing second and placing above more experienced countrymen Michael Klim and Matt Welsh. Targett was later disqualified for twitching before the starter's signal.
Targett's second international meet was at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, capturing a silver in the 4×100-metre medley and a bronze in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, both in new Commonwealth record time. He also finished 7th in the individual 100-metre freestyle.
Matt Targett's first world championships came in 2009 in Rome, Italy, he swam 4 races on day one, and thus not looking in peak form in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, with the absence of Ashley Callus and Eamon Sullivan, Australia was never in medal territory. Everything turned around on night 2, when he captured a silver in the 50-metre butterfly, with a terrific first 35 meters, he started to even up and he was touched out by Milorad Čavić by six hundredths. On the final day of competition he anchored the 4×100-metre medley relay to bronze.
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