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Full name
  
Rowan Crothers

Classifications
  
S10, SB9, SM10

Height
  
1.92 m

Nickname(s)
  
Magnet

Coach
  
Rick Van Der Zandt

Weight
  
73 kg


Nationality
  
Australia

Name
  
Rowan Crothers

Club
  
Yeronga Memorial Park

Sport
  
Swimming

Role
  
Freestyle swimmer

Strokes
  
Freestyle swimming

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Born
  
24 October 1997 (age 26) (
1997-10-24
)
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia

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Profiles

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Rowan Crothers (born 24 October 1997) is an Australian freestyle swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

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Personal life

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Rowan Crothers was born 15 weeks prematurely on 24 October 1997 in Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast. His prematurity resulted in him developing Cerebral Palsy and Chronic Lung Disease. He has mild spastic diplegia and swims with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Classifications S10, SB9, SM10. He is currently a member of Yeronga Park Swim Club and is trained by Rick Van Der Zant. Rowan is a member of the integrated Australian Swim Team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the Australian Para Swim Team for the 2014 ParaPanPacs. He is also a serving youth ambassador for the Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland. Rowan currently lives in Moorooka on the south side of Brisbane and is studying a Bachelor of Public Relations & Communications at Griffith University.

Career

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Crothers made his international swimming debut as a 13-year-old at the 2011 Arafura Games where he claimed a bronze medal in the Men's 400m MC freestyle and broke 4 Australian National Age Records in the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle events in the S9 classification. He has since gone on to claim S9 Australian National Age Records in freestyle as a 13, 14, 15 and 16 year old in the 50m, 100m, 200m, and the 400m freestyle. At the 2013 Australian Short Course Championships Rowan broke the men's S9 World Record for the 400 metre SC freestyle. He then followed this up at the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships by breaking World Records in the S9 100m freestyle twice, and then breaking the S9 200m freestyle WR. As well as setting these new records, Rowan qualified for the 2014 Australian Commonwealth Games Swim Team and the 2014 Para Pan Pacs Team. Rowan's Cerebral Palsy affects the efficiency of his kick and he has worked consistently on perfecting a propulsion style to make the most out of the leg strength and coordination he has.

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Crothers competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He competed in four events and qualified for the finals in each. He placed fifth in the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle (34 points), sixth in Men's 400m Freestyle S10, fifth in Men's 100m Freestyle S10 and sixth in Men's 50m Freestyle S10.

National Open Competition Medal Tally

2012 Australian Open Swimming Championships

Silver - Men 12 & Over 400 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class

2013 Australian Open Water Championships

Silver - Men 5K Open Water Multi-Class

2013 Australian Open Swimming Championships

Silver - Male 400 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class

Bronze - Male 100 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class

2013 Australian Open Short Course Swimming Championships

Gold – Men’s Open 400 SC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class (WR)

2014 Australian Open Swimming Championships

Gold – Men’s 100m freestyle Para Sport S9 (WR)

Gold – Men’s Open 100 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class (WR)

Silver – Men’s Open 400 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class

Gold – Men’s Open 200 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class (WR)

International Competition Medal Tally

2011 Arafura Games inc. Oceanic Paralympic Championships

Bronze - Men's 400 LC Meter Freestyle Multi-Class

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships - Montreal

Gold – Men’s 34pt 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Bronze - S9 Male 100m freestyle

Awards

  • 2009 Best Novice Athlete - Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
  • 2009/10 North-West Regional Finalist - Quest Youngstar Award for Sport
  • 2010 Most Improved Junior Athlete - Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
  • 2010/11 North-West Regional Finalist - Quest Youngstar Award for Sport
  • 2010 Roy Fowler Male Swimmer of the Meet - Queensland AWD Swimming Championships
  • 2011 Best Junior Athlete - Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
  • 2011 Swimmer of the Meet State Multi-Class Swimming Championships - Queensland Swimming
  • 2011/12 North-West Regional Winner - Quest Youngstar Award for Sport
  • 2012 Swimmer of the Meet State Multi-Class Swimming Championships - Queensland Swimming
  • 2013 RSL Youth Development Program Grant Recipient
  • 2013 Brisbane Swimming Association Swimmer with a Disability for 2012/13
  • 2014 Brisbane Swimming Association President's Award for 2013/14 (Glen Bigg Trophy)
  • 2014 Junior and Senior Male Athlete of the Year - Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
  • References

    Rowan Crothers Wikipedia