Liam Schluter
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Full name | Liam Schluter | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25) Minyama, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Classifications | S14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Kawana Waters Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Michael Sage | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Liam Schluter (born 11 January 1999) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer with an intellectual disability. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1][2]
Personal
Schluter was born on 11 January 1999.[3] He works at as groundsman at the Kawana Waters Aquatic Centre.[3]
Swimming
Schluter took up swimming at the age of 10.[4] At the 2015, INAS Global Games, he won gold medals in the Men's 400m Freestyle and Men's 1500m Freestyle and silver medals in Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay and 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay.[3][4] After the Global Games, he shifted focus to shorter swimming events due to the Rio Paralympics program.[3] At the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships, he competed in eight events and won the gold medal in the Men's 400m freestyle, silver in the Men's 200m freestyle and Men's 4x50m freestyle relay.[3]
Schluter competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in four events and progressed to the finals in two events. He placed seventh in the Men's 200m Individual Medley SM14 and fifth in Men's 200m Freestyle S14. He also competed in Men's 100m Breaststroke SB14 and Men's 100m Backstroke S14 but didn't progress to the finals.[5]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, he won the silver medal in the Men's 200m Freestyle S14.[6]
At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, London, he won the bronze medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay (S14) and made three other finals.[6]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he swam in three events and made one final, finishing fourth in the Men's 200 m freestyle S14.[7] He did not advance from the 100 m butterfly S14 or the 200 m individual medley SM14 heats.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he finished 8th in the 200 m freestyle S14.[8]
Schluter is coached by Michael Sage at the Kawana Waters Swimming Club.[4][9]
Recognition
He was named 2019 Sunshine Coast Senior Sports Person of the Year .[10]
References
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Swimming Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Liam Schluter". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Brand, Anthony (25 October 2015). "Global swim champ Liam Schluter eyeing shot at Rio". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Liam Schluter". Rio Paralympics Official Results. Rio 2016 Paralympics. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Liam Schluter". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Liam Schluter". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Nolan, Alex (1 August 2016). "Shy teen ready to do his country proud". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Liam Schluter". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
External links
- Liam Schluter at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Liam Schluter at Paralympics Australia
- Liam Schluter at the International Paralympic Committee
- Liam Schluter at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Liam Schluter at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Liam Schluter on Instagram
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