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Michael Klim

Personal information
Full nameMichael Klim
NationalityAustralia
College teamWesley College, Melbourne
Birth date13 August 1977(age 33)
Birth placePoland Gdynia, Poland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3.2 in)

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Michael Klim OAM (born August 13, 1977) is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming.

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Boogerd: Let op Samuel Sanchez - De Telegraaf Tweet this news
De Telegraaf--Dit is een smalle, hele steile -klim-. Ideaal om aan te vallen. Ik ken hem ook nog uit de Tour van 2007 toen ik het peloton gedurende deze hele -klim- aanvoerde ... - Date : Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:30:25 GMT+00:00
'Contador had in de Tour-etappe van gisteren moeten wachten op Schleck' - Radio 1 Tweet this news
Radio 1--Toen bij geletruidrager Andy Schleck op de laatste -klim- zijn ketting eraf vloog, zette de Spanjaard direct de aanval in. Hij liet Schleck achter zich die 39 ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:40:46 GMT+00:00
I couldn't help but wonder … how much booze makes SATC2 enjoyable? - Crikey Tweet this news
Crikey--The carnivalesque Alannah Hill stood out instantly, as did -Michael Klim-. A frighteningly tiny Naomi Robson was there - disappointingly sans swearing and ... - Date : Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:21:15 GMT+00:00
Star power at Australia Fashion Week - Stuff.co.nz Tweet this news
Stuff.co.nz--It's very rare for a designer's first collection to be picked up by a major department store, but -Michael Klim- said it was no surprise the dynamic designer ... - Date : Thu, 06 May 2010 23:56:55 GMT+00:00

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Preceded by
RU Alexander Popov		Men's 100 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
16 September 2000 - 19 September 2000		Succeeded by
NL Pieter van den Hoogenband
Preceded by
RU Denis Pankratov		Men's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
9 October 1997 - 25 July 2003		Succeeded by
UA Andriy Serdinov
Preceded by
RU Denis Pankratov		Men's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (short course)
22 January 1998 - 14 December 1998		Succeeded by
GB James Hickman
Preceded by
GB James Hickman		Men's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (short course)
2 September 1999 - 16 March 2000		Succeeded by
SE Lars Frölander
Awards
Preceded by
RU Denis Pankratov		World Swimmer of the Year
1997		Succeeded by
AU Ian Thorpe
Preceded by
NZ Danyon Loader		World Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year
1996		Succeeded by
AU Ian Thorpe

Medal Record
Men's swimming
Competitor for Australia
Olympic Games
Gold2000 Sydney{{cite weburl=http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html
Gold2000 Sydney4x200 m freestyle
Silver2000 Sydney100 m butterfly
Silver2000 Sydney4x100 m medley
Silver2004 Athens 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze1996 Atlanta4x100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold1998 Perth100 m butterfly
Gold1998 Perth200 m freestyle
Gold1998 Perth4x200 m freestyle
Gold1998 Perth4x100 m medley
Gold2001 Fukuoka4x100 m freestyle
Gold2001 Fukuoka4x200 m freestyle
Gold2007 Melbourne 4x100 m medley
Silver1998 Perth100 m freestyle
Silver1998 Perth4x100 m freestyle
Bronze1998 Perth50 m freestyle
Bronze2005 Montreal 4x100 m freestyle
Goodwill Games
Gold2001 Brisbane100 m freestyle
Gold2001 Brisbane100 m butterfly
Gold2001 Brisbane4x100 m freestyle
Silver2001 Brisbane50 m Butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold1995 Rio de Janeiro4x200 m freestyle
Silver1995 Rio de Janeiro4x100 m freestyle
Silver1995 Rio de Janeiro4x100 m medley
Bronze1995 Rio de Janeiro200m Freestyle
Gold1997 Gothenburg4x100 m medley
Gold1997 Gothenburg4x200 m freestyle
Bronze1997 Gothenburg4x100 m freestyle
Bronze1997 Gothenburg100 m butterfly
Bronze1997 Gothenburg100 m freestyle
Gold1999 Hong Kong4x100 m freestyle
Gold1999 Hong Kong4x100 m medley
Silver1999 Hong Kong100 m freestyle
Silver1999 Hong Kong200 m freestyle
Silver1999 Hong Kong100 m butterfly
Commonwealth Games
Gold1998 Kuala Lumpur100m Freestyle
Gold1998 Kuala Lumpur4x100 m freestyle
Gold1998 Kuala Lumpur4x200 m freestyle
Gold1998 Kuala Lumpur4x100 m medley
Silver1998 Kuala Lumpur200 m freestyle
Bronze1998 Kuala Lumpur50 m freestyle
Bronze1998 Kuala Lumpur100 m butterfly
Gold2006 Melbourne4x100 m medley
Silver2006 Melbourne4x100 m freestyle
Silver2006 Melbourne100 m butterfly
Bronze2006 Melbourne50 m butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold1997 Fukuoka100 m freestyle
Gold1997 Fukuoka200 m freestyle
Gold1999 Sydney100 m freestyle
Gold1999 Sydney100 m butterfly
Gold1999 Sydney4x100 m freestyle
Gold1999 Sydney4x200 m freestyle
Silver1997 Fukuoka100 m butterfly
Silver1997 Fukuoka4x100 m medley
Silver1997 Fukuoka4x100 m freestyle
Silver1997 Fukuoka4x200 m freestyle
Silver1999 Sydney200 m freestyle


Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) * 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) * 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) * 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) * 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) * 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) * 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) * 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) * 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling) * 2008: USA (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1908: Great Britain (Derbyshire, Radimilovic, Foster, Taylor) * 1912: Australasia (Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick) * 1920: USA (McGillivray, Kealoha, Ross, Kahanamoku) * 1924: USA (Weissmuller, O'Connor, Glancy, Breyer) * 1928: USA (Weissmuller, Clapp, Laufer, Kojac) * 1932: Japan (Yusa, Miyazaki, Yokoyama, Toyoda) * 1936: Japan (Yusa, Sugiura, Arai, Taguchi) * 1948: USA (Ris, McLane, Wolf, Smith) * 1952: USA (Moore, Woolsey, Konno, McLane) * 1956: Australia (O'Halloran, Devitt, Rose, Henricks) * 1960: USA (Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell) * 1964: USA (Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman) * 1968: USA (Schollander, Spitz, Nelson, Rerych) * 1972: USA (Spitz, Kinsella, Tyler, Genter) * 1976: USA (Bruner, Furniss, Naber, Montgomery) * 1980: Soviet Union (Kopliakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin, Krylov) * 1984: USA (Heath, Larson, Float, Hayes) * 1988: USA (Dalbey, Cetlinski, Gjertsen, Biondi) * 1992: Unified Team (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi) * 1996: USA (Davis, Hudepohl, Schumacher, Berube) * 2000: Australia (Thorpe, Klim, Pearson, Kirby) * 2004: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller) * 2008: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Berens, Vanderkaay)

World Long Course Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle

1973: Jim Montgomery (USA) * 1975: Timothy Shaw (USA) * 1978: William Forrester (USA) * 1982: Michael Gross (FRG) * 1986: Michael Gross (FRG) * 1991: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) * 1994: Antti Kasvio (FIN) * 1998: Michael Klim (AUS) * 2001: Ian Thorpe (AUS) * 2003: Ian Thorpe (AUS) * 2005: Michael Phelps (USA) * 2007: Michael Phelps (USA) * 2009: Paul Biedermann (GER)

World Long Course Champions in Men's 100 m Butterfly

1973: Bruce Robertson (CAN) * 1975: Gregory Jagenburg (USA) * 1978: Joe Bottom (USA) * 1982: Matthew Gribble (USA) * 1986: Pablo Morales (USA) * 1991: Anthony Nesty (SUR) * 1994: Rafał Szukała (POL) * 1998: Michael Klim (AUS) * 2001: Lars Frölander (SWE) * 2003: Ian Crocker (USA) * 2005: Ian Crocker (USA) * 2007: Michael Phelps (USA) * 2009: Michael Phelps (USA)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1993: Brazil (Scherer, Ferreira, Souza, Borges) * 1995: Brazil (Scherer, Massura, Cordeiro, Borges) * 1997: Germany (Conrad, Tröger, Lüderitz, Heilmann) * 1999: Australia (Fydler, Pearson, Thorpe, Klim) * 2000: Sweden (Nyström, Frölander, Ohlin, Nystrand) * 2002: United States (Tucker, Marshall, Lezak, Keller) * 2004: United States (Brunelli, Walker, Dusing, Lezak) * 2006: Italy (Calvi, Lanzarini, Galenda, Magnini) * 2008: United States (Lochte, Lundquist, Adrian, Van Wie)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1993: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz) * 1995: Australia (Klim, Dunn, Allen, Kowalski) * 1997: Australia (Klim, Hackett, Kirby, Dunn) * 1999: Netherlands (Van den Hoogenband, Kenkhuis, Zuijdweg, Wouda) * 2000: United States (Davis, Walker, Tucker, Carvin) * 2002: Australia (Pearson, Hass, Dunne, Hackett) * 2004: United States (Lochte, Carvin, Ketchum, Mortimer) * 2006: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cassio, Magnini) * 2008: Australia (Palmer, Brits, Sprenger, Monk) *

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1993: United States (Schwenk, Wunderlich, Henderson, Olsen) * 1995: New Zealand (Winter, Kent, Callaghan, Bray) * 1997: Australia (Radley, Rogers, Huegill, Klim) * 1999: Australia (Welsh, Rogers, Klim, Fydler) * 2000: United States (Krayzelburg, Marrs, Walker, Tucker) * 2002: United States (Peirsol, Denniston, Marshall, Lezak) * 2004: United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) * 2006: Australia (Welsh, Rickard, Pine, Callus) * 2008: Russia (Donets, Geybel, Korotyshkin, Sukhorukov)

Commonwealth Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1930: Munroe Bourne (CAN) * 1934: George Burleigh (CAN) * 1938: Bob Pirie (CAN) * 1950: Peter Salmon (CAN) * 1954: Jon Henricks (AUS) * 1958: John Devitt (AUS) * 1962: Dick Pound (CAN) * 1966 - 1974: Michael Wenden (AUS) * 1978: Mark Morgan (AUS) * 1982: Neil Brooks (AUS) * 1986: Greg Fasala (AUS) * 1990: Andrew Baildon (AUS) * 1994: Stephen Clarke (CAN) * 1998: Michael Klim (AUS) * 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS) * 2006: Simon Burnett (ENG)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1985 - 1987: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1989: Brent Lang (USA) * 1991: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1993: Jon Olsen (USA) * 1995: Gary Hall Jr. (USA) * 1997 - 1999: Michael Klim (AUS) * 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS) * 2006: Brent Hayden (CAN)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle

1985: Michael Heath (USA) * 1987: Craig Oppel (USA) * 1989: Doug Gjertsen (USA) * 1991: Ian Brown (AUS) * 1993: Josh Davis (USA) * 1995: Danyon Loader (NZL) * 1997: Michael Klim (AUS) * 1999: Ian Thorpe (AUS) * 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS) * 2006: Klete Keller (USA)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 100 m Butterfly

1985: Pablo Morales (USA) * 1987: Pablo Morales (USA) * 1989: Anthony Nesty (SUR) * 1991: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1993: Mark Henderson (USA) * 1995: Scott Miller (AUS) * 1997: Neil Walker (USA) * 1999: Michael Klim (AUS) * 2002: Ian Crocker (USA) * 2006: Ian Crocker (USA)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1985: USA (McCadam, Heath, Wallace, Biondi) * 1987: USA (Jacobs, Oppel, Dalbey, Biondi) * 1989: USA (Lang, Olsen, Gjertsen, Jager) * 1991: USA (Jordan, Jager, Olsen, Biondi) * 1993: USA (Hudepohl, Pepper, Fox, Olsen) * 1995: USA (Fox, Hudepohl, Olsen, Hall) * 1997: USA (Tucker, Schumacher, Olsen, Walker) * 1999: AUS (Klim, English, Fydler, Thorpe) * 2002: AUS (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe) * 2006: USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1985: USA (Heath, Biondi, Dillon, Oppel) * 1987: USA (Dalbey, Biondi, Cetlinski, Oppel) * 1989: USA (Stewart, Jorgensen, Olsen, Gjertsen) * 1991: USA (Dalbey, Jorgensen, Hudepohl, Olsen) * 1993: USA (Burgess, Eckerman, Taner, Davis) * 1995: AUS (Allen, Housman, Dunn, Kowalski) * 1997: USA (Carvin, Malchow, Taner, Davis) * 1999: AUS (Thorpe, Kirby, Hackett, Klim) * 2002: AUS (Hackett, Stevens, Cram, Thorpe) * 2006: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)



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