Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Patrick Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Albury, New South Wales |
22 February 1984 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | MLC Aquatic, Melbourne Vicentre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patrick Murphy (born 22 February 1984) is an Australian sprint freestyle and backstroke swimmer. He is an Australian relay team veteran since 2005. He has captured four FINA world championship medals and two Olympic bronze medals. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
In April 2014, Murphy was named an Athlete Role Model for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.