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Chris Fydler Personal information Full name Christopher John Fydler Nationality 
AustraliaBorn November 8, 1972
Sydney, New South WalesHeight 6'6" (197 cm) Weight 201 lbs (91 kg) Sport Sport Swimming Medal recordOlympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 1998 Perth 4×100 m medley Silver 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle Commonwealth Games Gold 1990 Auckland 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1994 Victoria 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1994 Victoria 4×100 m medley Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m medley Silver 1990 Auckland 100 m freestyle Silver 1994 Victoria 100 m freestyle Silver 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships Gold 1999 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1991 Edmonton 100 m freestyle Silver 1991 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1993 Kobe 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1993 Kobe 4×100 m medley Silver 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m medley Silver 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley Silver 1993 Kobe 100 m freestyle Bronze 1995 Atlanta 50 m freestyle Bronze 1995 Atlanta 100 m freestyle Bronze 1999 Sydney 100 m freestyle Christopher ("Chris") John Fydler (born November 8, 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. His finest hour came eight years later, when he was a member of the Men's 4×100m freestyle relay team, that defeated the United States and won the gold medal in the prestigious event, alongside Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe and Ashley Callus. It was the first time in Olympic history that the US had been beaten in that event. Since retiring from swimming in early 2001, he has continued to be active in the swimming and Olympic families. Chris was a board member of Swimming Australia Ltd from 2006-2010, and was appointed as the Deputy Chef de Mission for the Australian Olympic Team competing in London in 2012.
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Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) • 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) • 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) • 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) • 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) • 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) • 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) • 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) • 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling) • 2008: USA (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)
World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1973: United States (Stamm, Hencken, Bottom, Montgomery) • 1975: United States (Murphy, Colella, Jagenburg, Coan) • 1978: United States (Jackson, Nevid, Bottom, McCagg) • 1982: United States (Carey, Lundquist, Gribble, Gaines) • 1986: United States (Veatch, Lundberg, Morales, Biondi) • 1991: United States (Rouse, Wunderlich, Henderson, Biondi) • 1994: United States (Rouse, Wunderlich, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) • 1998: Australia (Welsh, Rogers, Klim, Fydler) • 2001: Australia (Welsh, Harrison, Huegill, Thorpe) • 2003: United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) • 2005: United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) • 2007: Australia (Welsh, Rickard, Lauterstein, Sullivan) • 2009: United States (Peirsol, Shanteau, Phelps, Walters) • 2011: United States (Thoman, Gangloff, Phelps, Adrian)
World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1993: Brazil (Scherer, Ferreira, Souza, Borges) · 1995: Brazil (Scherer, Massura, Cordeiro, Borges) · 1997: Germany (Conrad, Tröger, Lüderitz, Heilmann) · 1999: Australia (Fydler, Pearson, Thorpe, Klim) · 2000: Sweden (Nyström, Frölander, Ohlin, Nystrand) · 2002: United States (Tucker, Marshall, Lezak, Keller) · 2004: United States (Brunelli, Walker, Dusing, Lezak) · 2006: Italy (Calvi, Lanzarini, Galenda, Magnini) · 2008: United States (Lochte, Lundquist, Adrian, Van Wie) · 2010: France (Bernard, Bousquet, Gilot, Agnel)
World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1993: United States (Schwenk, Wunderlich, Henderson, Olsen) • 1995: New Zealand (Winter, Kent, Callaghan, Bray) • 1997: Australia (Radley, Rogers, Huegill, Klim) • 1999: Australia (Welsh, Rogers, Klim, Fydler) • 2000: United States (Krayzelburg, Marrs, Walker, Tucker) • 2002: United States (Peirsol, Denniston, Marshall, Lezak) • 2004: United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) • 2006: Australia (Welsh, Rickard, Pine, Callus) • 2008: Russia (Donets, Geybel, Korotyshkin, Sukhorukov) • 2010: United States (Thoman, Alexandrov, Lochte, Weber-Gale)
Commonwealth Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1962 – 1966: 4×110 Yards Freestyle • 1970 – 2010: 4×100 Metres Freestyle 1962: Australia (Dickson, Rose, Doak, Phelps) • 1966: Australia (Dickson, Ryan, Wenden, Windle) • 1970: Australia (White, Rogers, Wenden, Devenish) • 1974: Canada (?, ?, ?, ?) • 1978: Canada (Sawchuk, MacDonald, Smith, Szmidt) • 1982: Australia (Brewer, Fasala, Delany, Brooks) • 1986: Australia (Fasala, Stockwell, Renshaw, Brooks) • 1990: Australia (Baildon, Fydler, Vander-Wal, Cooper) • 1994: Australia (Baildon, Fydler, Lange, Sheehan) • 1998: Australia (Callus, Fydler, Thorpe, Klim) • 2002: Australia (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe) • 2006: South Africa (Zandberg, Ferns, Schoeman, Neethling) • 2010: Australia (Richardson, Sullivan, D'Orsogna, Magnussen)
Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1985: USA (McCadam, Heath, Wallace, Biondi) • 1987: USA (Jacobs, Oppel, Dalbey, Biondi) • 1989: USA (Lang, Olsen, Gjertsen, Jager) • 1991: USA (Jordan, Jager, Olsen, Biondi) • 1993: USA (Hudepohl, Pepper, Fox, Olsen) • 1995: USA (Fox, Hudepohl, Olsen, Hall) • 1997: USA (Tucker, Schumacher, Olsen, Walker) • 1999: AUS (Klim, English, Fydler, Thorpe) • 2002: AUS (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe) • 2006: USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak) • 2010: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Lezak, Adrian)
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