Mack HORTON
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Swimming
Events and Medals
| Sport | Event | Rank | |
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 Swimming |
Men's 200m Freestyle | 2 |
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| Men's 400m Freestyle | 1 |
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| Men's 1500m Freestyle | 3 |
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| Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 1 |
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Mack HORTON - Schedule
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Thu, 5 Apr
10:52
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Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 2 |
Finished |
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Thu, 5 Apr
19:46
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Men's 400m Freestyle Final |
Finished |
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Fri, 6 Apr
10:38
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Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3 |
Finished |
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Fri, 6 Apr
19:56
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Men's 200m Freestyle Final |
Finished |
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Sun, 8 Apr
22:01
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Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final |
Finished |
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Tue, 10 Apr
21:03
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Men's 1500m Freestyle Final |
Finished |
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Biographical Information
Highlights:
| Year | Location | Event | Rank | Result |
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| 2014 | Glasgow, SCO | Men's 400m Freestyle | 4 | 3:44.91 |
| 2014 | Glasgow, SCO | Men's 1500m Freestyle | 2 | 14:48.76 |
| 2014 | Glasgow, SCO | Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 1 | 7:07.38 |
| Year | Location | Event | Rank | Result |
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| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Men's 400m Freestyle | 1 | 3:41.55 |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Men's 1500m Freestyle | 5 | 14:49.54 |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 4 | 7:04.18 |
| Year | Location | Event | Rank | Result |
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| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Men's 200m Freestyle | 11 | 1:46.81 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Men's 400m Freestyle | 2 | 3:43.85 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Men's 800m Freestyle | DNS | - |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Men's 1500m Freestyle | 3 | 14:47.70 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 4 | 7:05.98 |
| 2015 | Kazan, RUS | Men's 400m Freestyle | 11 | 3:47.37 |
| 2015 | Kazan, RUS | Men's 800m Freestyle | 3 | 7:44.02 |
| 2015 | Kazan, RUS | Men's 1500m Freestyle | 11 | 15:00.51 |
Hobbies:
Skating, photography, sailing, sleeping (Athlete, Oct 2017; vis.org.au, 29 Aug 2017)
Occupation: Student (vis.org.au, 29 Aug 2017)
Education: Business at Australian Catholic University, Australia
Languages spoken: English
Coach:
CLUB: Craig JACKSON (olympics.com.au, May 2016)
Reason: Began swimming at 10 to help overcome his fear of the water. (abc.net.au, 7 Aug 2016)
Ambition: "To be the best that I can be." (Athlete, Oct 2017)
Memorable: "Rio (Olympics) 2016." (Athlete, Oct 2017)
Hero: "Any Australian distance swimmer. They are legends. Roger FEDERER (SUI) also." (Athlete, Oct 2017)
Influence: My family and my coach, Craig JACKSON. "Because I spend so much time with them." (Athlete, Oct 2017)
Ritual: "Splash water on myself." (Athlete, Feb 2018)
RIVALRY
Called out his Chinese rival, SUN Yang, as a drug cheat at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. After beating SUN in the 400m freestyle at the Games, SUN’s Chinese fans created a social media storm in the wake of HORTON’s comments and he is still regularly trolled online. He did it again before their rematch over 400m at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. When asked about his rivalry with SUN, he responded: "I don’t know if it’s a rivalry (between us). I think it’s a rivalry between clean athletes and athletes who have tested positive, but there should be some good racing." (heraldsun.com.au, 23 Jul 2017)
CANCER SCARE
Saved from skin cancer by an eagle-eyed fan, who spotted in post-race photographs that a mole on his chest had changed shape. Had surgery in October 2016 to have the mole removed after the fan got in touch with the Australian Olympic swim team via email. (dailymail.co.uk, 21 Oct 2016)
TRAFFIC OFFENCE
In February 2017, faced a Melbourne magistrate court for running a red light in his car in June 2016. Planned to contest the charge, but pleaded guilty and was released without conviction on a six-month good behaviour bond. Also ordered to pay AU$150 to the Smith Family charity. (heraldsun.com.au, 8 Feb 2017)
BLIND SPOT
Short-sighted and needs thick prescription goggles to compete. His eyesight is so bad, that without his glasses or goggles he could, "barely see my hand in front of my face". (abc.net.au, 7 Aug 2016)
AWARD
Received Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. (olympics.com.au, 26 Jan 2017)
COMPETITIVE FRIENDSHIP
Trained with Olympic and world 1500m freestyle champion, Gregorio PALTRINIERI (ITA), in Melbourne, Australia, from October 2017. "He’s whooping my arse in every over-distance session we do. I am faster, but he can go and go, so our strengths are each other’s weaknesses and that’s why it’s good for us to train together." PALTRINIERI also trained with HORTON and his coach Craig JACKSON in 2014, when neither had yet established themselves as a major international star. (The Australian, 11 Oct 2017)
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Legend
: Gold
: Silver
: Bronze- : Gold Medal Event
: Bronze Medal Event
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