Matija "Matt" Jaukovic was born on 17 November 1985 and is an Australian and former Montenegrin competitive swimmer.
11 Facts About Matt Jaukovic
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Matt Jaukovic is a former world record-holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly.
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Matt Jaukovic won a total of 10 medals in international competitions, all at the FINA Swimming World Cup, seven of which were gold medals and three of which were silver medals.
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Matt Jaukovic represented Montenegro, competing as part of the joined Montenegro and Serbia team, at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.
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Matt Jaukovic set a Montenegrin national record in the prelims heats of the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 59.39 seconds, ranked 33rd overall and did not advance to the semifinals.
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At the 2008 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships held in Melbourne in September, Matt Jaukovic set a new Australian All Comers record in the 100 metre butterfly with his time of 50.37 seconds, breaking the approximately eight-year-old record set by Geoff Huegill at 50.71 seconds.
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Matt Jaukovic started competition in the 2008 FINA Swimming World Cup at the third stop of the competition circuit, swimming a time of 23.00 seconds in the prelims heats of the 50 metre butterfly and qualifying for the final ranking first overall.
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Matt Jaukovic wrapped up his competition at the Sydney World Cup stop with a second gold medal, this time in the 100 metre butterfly where he finished first with a time of 50.50 seconds in the final.
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The next day Matt Jaukovic ranked first across all prelims heats in the 100 metre butterfly with a swim of 51.45 seconds, advancing to the final later in the day.
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Matt Jaukovic won the silver medal in the final with a personal best time of 50.31 seconds and was flanked in finishing by two Russian swimmers, with Yevgeny Korotyshkin taking the gold medal and Nikolay Skvortsov winning the bronze medal.
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At the seventh and final stop of the 2008 World Cup circuit, held in Berlin, Germany, Matt Jaukovic commenced competition on the first day, 15 November, finishing ranked first in the prelims heats of the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 23.10 seconds.