Tim Antalfy
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Antalfy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Timothy Antalfy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1987-04-01) 1 April 1987 (age 37) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Classifications | S13, SB13, SM13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Hunters Hill | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Bash Zidan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Timothy Antalfy (born 1 April 1987) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming and won a bronze medal.
Personal
Antalfy was born on 1 April 1987,[1] and is from Georges Hall,[2] New South Wales.[3] He is legally blind[2] as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary disease.[1] Beyond swimming, he also is involved with surfing, waterskiing and wake boarding.[1]
Swimming
Antalfy is a S13 classified swimmer[1][2][4] swimming in 100 metre butterfly, 50 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle events.[1] He is a member of the Hunters Hill Swimming Club.[2] When at the club, he is trained by Bash Zidan.[2]
Antalfy started competing in 1995.[1] In 2005, he was a member of the MLC Marlins Swim Team where he was coached by John Bladon. As a member of the team, he was the first swimmer to compete at the National Open Short-Course Championship and make the finals. At the competition, he finished fifth in the 50m Butterfly event, with a heat time of 24.56 seconds, semifinals time of 24.49 seconds, and final time of 24.73 seconds. He set personal bests in the 100m Butterfly with a time of 57.74 seconds where he finished 35th overall, best time in the 50m Freestyle with a time of 23.81 seconds while finishing 38th overall.[5] He won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 2011 Tasmanian State Championships.[1] He broke six world records in four different events during the 2012 Australian national swimming championships.[2]
Antalfy first represented Australia in 2011, competing in the Para Pan Pacific and Arafura Games that year.[1] He earned a gold medal at the Arafura Games in the 50m backstroke event, a silver medal in the 100m butterfly event, and three bronze medals 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 50m breaststroke events.[1] He was part of the November 2011 World Cup short course meet in Beijing.[6] That month he also competed in World Cup events in Singapore and Tokyo.[7] As a twenty-five years old,[2] he was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming in the 100m and 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke S13 events.[3][4][8][9] In the lead up to the Games, he trained at the Lane Cove Aquatic Leisure Centre.[2] In an average week, he had three total gym sessions and seven sessions in the pool.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S13.[10] Competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S13.[11] At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S13.[12] He finished eighth in the Men's 50m Freestyle S13.[13]
Personal bests
Course | Event | Time | Meet | Swim Date | Reference |
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Long | 50m Backstroke | 28.2 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 20-Mar-12 | [14] |
Long | 100m Backstroke | 01:05.3 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 15-Mar-12 | [14] |
Long | 50m Butterfly | 24.53 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 17-Mar-12 | [14] |
Long | 100m Butterfly | 54.92 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 21-Mar-12 | [14] |
Long | 50m Freestyle | 24.32 | 2011 NSW State Open Championsh | 11-Feb-11 | [14] |
Long | 50m Freestyle | 24.32 | 2011 NSW Grand Prix Meet | 10-Dec-11 | [14] |
Long | 100m Freestyle | 52.55 | 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | 19-Mar-12 | [14] |
Short | 50m Butterfly | 24.08 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 6 - Beijing | 8-Nov-11 | [14] |
Short | 100m Butterfly | 53.94 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 7 - Tokyo | 13-Nov-11 | [14] |
Short | 50m Freestyle | 23.31 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 5 - Singapore | 5-Nov-11 | [14] |
Short | 100m Freestyle | 51.52 | FINA World Cup 2011 Stage 5 - Singapore | 4-Nov-11 | [14] |
References
- 2012 Australian Paralympic swim team announced
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Timothy Antalfy". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Pedersen, Michael. "Blind swimmer goes for gold — Olympics 2012 - Sport — Northern District Times". Northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Cowdrey leads Paralympic swim team". ABC News. ABC Grandstand Sport — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Paralympic swim team revealed". Australian Paralympic Committee. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "MLC Marlins". MLC Marlins. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Trickett, Evans impress in Beijing". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 10 November 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Sunshine Swimming & Life Saving Club Inc". Sunshine Swimming & Life Saving Club Inc. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic swimteam and TV coverage announced | Industry News". Splash Magazine. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Howlett, Scott. "Good luck, magnificent seven Olympians". Northern District Times. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Timothy Antalfy". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Dreams come true at IPC World Championships". Swimming Australia News. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "Seven golds in seven days for Dias at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympoc Committee News, 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Tim Antafly results". Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Timothy Antalfy personal bests". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
External links
- Timothy Antalfy at the Australian Paralympic Committee
- Timothy Antalfy at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Timothy Antalfy at the International Paralympic Committee
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