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| Nickname | Beaver | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31) Dandenong, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Tooradin Primary School, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nunawading Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rohan Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joshua Beaver (born 1 March 1993) is an Australian swimmer who specialises in backstroke. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre backstroke and the 200 metre backstroke. He finished 13th and 10th in the semifinals, respectively.
Beaver also competed in the 200 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan and is a Commonwealth Games medalist. Competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, he won silver in the 200m backstroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay, and bronze in the 100m backstroke.
References
- ^ "Josh Beaver". Australian Olympic Team. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ Dinham, Abby (17 May 2016). "Road to Rio: Swimmer Josh Beaver eager to make Olympic debut". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- "Joshua Beaver". Rio Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
External links
- Joshua Beaver at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Joshua Beaver at Olympics.com
- Josh Beaver at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Joshua Beaver at Swimming Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 April 2017)
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- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
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- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
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