Matthew Temple (swimmer)

Matthew Temple (born 20 June 1999) is an Australian swimmer.^[3] He is the Oceanian record and Australian record holder in the long course 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.25 seconds.^[4] He competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, placing 10th in his semi final.^[5] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he placed fifth in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.92 seconds in the final.^[6]

Matthew Temple

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1999-06-20) 20 June 1999 (age 26) Bundoora, Australia [1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Marion Swim Club [2]
Coach	Peter Bishop[2]
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley 2024 Paris 4×100 m mixed medley World Championships (LC) 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed medley 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed medley 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m medley 2024 Budapest 100 m butterfly Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley 2022 Birmingham 100 m butterfly 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m medley

Temple achieved qualifying times for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre butterfly at the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships, held in Adelaide in May, winning the event 0.17 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Kyle Chalmers with a time of 51.50 seconds.^[7]

At the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, held in August in Sydney, Temple won the gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly, with a personal best time of 22.70 seconds, and the 100 metre butterfly, with a 50.09, and the bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 46.80 seconds.^[8][9][10]

World records

Short course metres

No.	Event	Time	Meet	Location	Date	Status	Ref
1	4x100 m medley relay[a]	3:18.98	2022 World Championships (25 m)	Melbourne, Australia	18 December 2022	Current	[11]

^a split 48.34 (butterfly leg); with Isaac Cooper (backstroke leg), Joshua Yong (breaststroke leg), Kyle Chalmers (freestyle leg)