Andrew Baildon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Andrew Baildon

Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1971

Place of Birth: Southport, Queensland, Australia

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Andrew Baildon

  • Andrew James Baildon (born 25 August 1971) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimming champion, who represented Australia in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
  • Andrew was a medalist at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand where he became the first swimmer in the Commonwealth to break the 50 second barrier for the 100m freestyle, when he smashed his own Commonwealth record to win gold (49.80s), and the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.
  • He was a medalist in 4 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.In 1990, Andrew achieved No.
  • 1 World ranking for 100m Butterfly (Short Course). Andrew was the Australian Team Representative for over a decade, was the Australian record holder for the 50 and 100 metre freestyle from 1989 - 1996 and the Commonwealth record holder for most of that period.
  • He was ranked in the top twenty swimmers in the world for over a decade.

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