Patrick Murphy (swimmer)

Patrick Murphy (born 22 February 1984) is an Australian sprint freestyle and backstroke swimmer. He is an Australian relay team veteran since 2005. He has four FINA world championship medals and two Olympic bronze medals. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[1]

Patrick Murphy

Personal information
Full name	Patrick Murphy
National team	Australia
Born	(1984-02-22) 22 February 1984 (age 41) Albury
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke
Club	MLC Aquatic, Melbourne Vicentre
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle 2005 Montreal 4×200 m freestyle 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle

In April 2014, Murphy was named an Athlete Role Model for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.^[2]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)