Zac Stubblety-Cook
Australian swimmer (born 1999)
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Izaac Keith Stubblety-Cook OAM[2] (/ˈstʌblɛti-/ STUB-let-ee-;[3] born 4 January 1999) is an Australian swimmer.[4]
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| Full name | Izaac Keith Stubblety-Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1999 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He has won four Olympic medals, including gold in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2020 Olympics. He was also the 2022 world champion and a former world record holder in the event.
Early life
Stubblety-Cook started swimming at Wellers Hill Water Ratz, a swimming club in Tarragindi, Queensland.[5] His reason for joining was to participate in the swim program for general water safety.
Career
Stubblety-Cook competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Indianapolis. Individually, he won the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke.[6] He initially came 4th in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, but was promoted to the bronze medal position in 2018 after the gold medalists were disqualified for a doping violation.[7][8]
Stubblety-Cook won a silver medal at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in the 200 m breaststroke with a personal best of 2:07.89.[9]
At the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, he came fourth in the 200 m breaststroke in a time of 2:07.36.[10]
Stubblety-Cook qualified for the Tokyo Olympic team at the 2021 Australian Trials, recording 2:06.28 in the 200 m breaststroke. This broke Matthew Wilson's Australian record of 2:06.67 from 2019.[11]
At the Tokyo Olympics, Stubblety-Cook won the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke, setting an Olympic record of 2:06.38.[12] He then competed in the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay, which was the event's inaugural appearance at the Olympics. Australia won the bronze medal.[13] He concluded the Olympics with the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, where Australia finished 5th.[14]
At the 2022 Australian Championships in Adelaide, Stubblety-Cook broke the world record in the 200 m breaststroke, recording 2:05.95. This surpassed Anton Chupkov's mark of 2:06.12 from 2019.[15]
At the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, Stubblety-Cook came seventh in the 100 m breaststroke.[16] Swimming the breaststroke leg of the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay, he won the silver medal.[17] Stubblety-Cook later won the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke in a time of 2:07.07.[18]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Stubblety-Cook won the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke and mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay events, establishing a games record in the latter. He won silver medals in the 100 m breaststroke and men's 4 × 100 m medley relay.[19]
Stubblety-Cook qualified for the 2023 World Championships.[20] His first medal of the championships came in the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay, where Australia finished second.[21] He then competed in the 200 m breaststroke. He won the silver medal in the event, and his world record was broken by gold medalist Qin Haiyang.[22] In his final swim of the competition, he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.[23]
At the 2024 Olympics, Stubblety-Cook won silver in the 200 m breaststroke.[24] He swam in the heats of the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay. He was replaced by Joshua Yong in the final, and Australia went on to win the bronze medal.[25][26]
In October 2024, Stubblety-Cook moved to Melanie Marshall's program on the Gold Coast. This was prompted by the retirement of Stubblety-Cook's longtime coach, Vince Raleigh.[27]
Stubblety-Cook qualified for the 2025 World Championships, but later withdrew due to a back injury.[28]
World records
Long course metres
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
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| 1 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:05.95 | 2022 Australian Swimming Championships | Adelaide, Australia | 19 May 2022 | Former | [15][22] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Olympic records
Long course metres
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Notes | Ref |
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| 1 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:06.38 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 29 July 2021 | Former | [29] |
