Alexander Tuckfield

Alexander Tuckfield (born 5 November 2004) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He began swimming at the age on ten. He has cerebral palsy.^[1] At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won a bronze medal^[2]

Alexander Tuckfield

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	5 November 2004 (2004-11-05) (age 20)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Classifications	S10, SB9, SM10
Club	Aquablitz Toongabbie
Coach	Gavin Stewart
Medal record Paralympic swimming Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo 400 m freestyle S9

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 Australian Swimming Trials, Tuckfield qualified in both the 50 and 100 freestyle for the World Para swimming championships to be held in Singapore in September 2025.