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Place of Birth: Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
About Jarrod Poort
- Jarrod Poort (born 31 October 1994) is an Australian competition swimmer.
- He represented Australia in the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.Poort competed for Australia in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the 10-kilometre marathon swimming event.
- In the race he built a lead of 1 minute and 20 seconds, but was caught 1 km before the finish, and finished 21st..
- Poort trained out of Wollongong, NSW, representing West Illawarra Aquatic Swim Club and also Bronte Surf Club.
- Some of Poort's Notable Achievements Include; -9x Australian Open Champion across four different distances-800m Freestyle (1) 1500m Freestyle (1) 5km Openwater(3) 10km Openwater (4) -Australian Open Swim Team Member 2012-2017 -2014 Australian Open Water Swimmer of the Year.
- -2012 London Olympic Games, 1500m 18th -2013 World Championships, Barcelona- 5km 5th -2014 Pan Pacs Championships, Maui- 2nd 10km -2014 World Cup Portugal Leg-1st 10km -2015 World Championships, Russia- 5km 20th -2016 Rio Olympics 10km Marathon Swim -2016 World Surf Lifesaving Championships -2017 Rottenest Island Swim Winner 20km -2017 Port to Pub Winner 25km -2017 Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships, 2nd Open Surf Race
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