Alexander Tuckfield
Australian Paralympic swimmer
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Alexander Tuckfield (born 5 November 2004) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer with cerebral palsy[1] At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won a bronze medal[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | 5 November 2004 (age 21) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Classifications | S10, SB9, SM10 |
| Club | Aquablitz Toongabbie |
| Coach | Gavin Stewart |
Medal record | |
Swimming
Tuckfield who was born on 5 November 2004 and has cerebral palsy. He began swimming at the age of ten.[3]
At the 2020 Swimming Australia Virtual Championships, he broke the Men's 200m Freestyle S9 world record.[4]
Tuckfield finished second in the Men's 400 m S9 at 2021 Australian Swimming Trials and qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[5]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Tuckfield qualified first in his heat and then won the bronze medal in the Men's 400 m freestyle S9. His time of 4:13.54 was three-and-a-half seconds slower than the gold medal winner William Martin of Australia. He also swam in the 50 m freestyle S9 but failed to qualify for the final.[6]
At the 2024 European Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Tuckfield took Bronze in the Men's 100 m Freestyle S10, and swam the second leg in the mixed 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34pts where the team took the bronze and set an OC Record with a time of 4:11.56
At the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle S10.[7]