2009-2012 Robert Hurley (swimmer)

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1 2009-2012

1.1 fina world championships, rome
1.2 2012 olympic trials
1.3 fina world championships (25m), istanbul





2009-2012

at 2009 australian championships in sydney, hurley won first long course australian title on first day in 400m freestyle. winning time of 3:46.64 moved him fourth on australian all-time rankings behind olympic greats ian thorpe, grant hackett , kieren perkins. finished silver in 1500m freestyle, bronze in 100m , 200m backstrokes , 4th in 200m freestyle, secure selection on australian swimming team.


fina world championships, rome

at 2009 fina world championships in rome, italy, hurley competed in 5 events , won bronze medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final teammates kenrick monk, tommaso d orsogna , patrick murphy. hurley swam second leg in 1:46.47. australian quartet broke commonwealth , australian records in time of 7:01.65, record still stands. race won in world record time team usa led michael phelps , ryan lochte, closely followed russia. hurley narrowly missed individual finals in 400m (11th) , 800m freestyle events (10th).



at 2009 australian short course championships in hobart, hurley continued short course dominance winning 5 medals, gold in 50m, 100m backstroke , 800m freestyle, , bronze in 200m , 400m freestyle.


at 2009 fina world cup (25m) hurley won 4 medals across 3 stops. @ stockholm stop of world cup, hurley broke australian record in 100m backstroke in time of 50.19. @ berlin stop, hurley placed 3rd in 400m freestyle in time of 3:38.35 3rd fastest time ever australian. race won in world record time germany s paul biedermann in 3:32.77. @ singapore stop, hurley defeated olympic champion oussama mellouli in 1500m freestyle in time of 14:32.47, third fastest time ever australian.


at 2010 australian championships in sydney, hurley defended 400m freestyle title , added 2 more national championships in 800m , 1500m freestyle events. came close being sixth australian break 15 minute barrier in 1500m freestyle, winning event 14 seconds in time of 15:00.96. won 400m , 1500m freestyle events @ 2010 australian short course championships in brisbane, taking tally of national titles 14.


at 2010 pan pacific championships in irvine, california, hurley finished 4th in 800m freestyle, 7th in 400m freestyle, , 10th in 1500m freestyle. @ 2010 commonwealth games in delhi, india, hurley suffered food poisoning in athletes village, , missed finals of 400m freestyle.


hurley won 2 gold medals @ 2011 australian short course championships in adelaide, , 2 gold @ 2011 fina world cup.


2012 olympic trials

at 2012 olympic trials in adelaide, hurley finished 3rd in 400m freestyle second consecutive olympic trials, 1 spot short of olympic selection. in 200m freestyle, top 6 selected 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, hurley finished close 7th. hurley finished 6th in 1500m freestyle.


at 2012 australian short course championships in perth, hurley returned sprint backstroke events after two-year layoff, winning 50m , 100m backstroke events, , placing second in 200m freestyle, securing spot on national team compete @ 2012 fina world championships (25m) in istanbul later year.


at 2012 fina world cup, hurley competed on whole tour first time in career. won 23 medals (5 gold) , broke australian record in 100m backstroke (50.18) third time in career. hurley finished 6th on overall point score 57 points.


fina world championships (25m), istanbul

at 2012 fina world championships (25m) in istanbul, turkey, hurley had breakout performance winning gold in 50m backstroke. broke own australian record in semi final (23.14), re-breaking win final in 23.04 , defeat olympic champion matt grevers usa, , defending champion stanislav donets of russia. record stood 3 years before being broken mitch larkin. hurley won silver in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in australian record time, , bronze in 4 × 100 m medley relay, finishing 5th in 100m backstroke.








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