1. Rowan Crothers was born on 24 October 1997 and is an Australian freestyle swimmer.
16 Facts About Rowan Crothers
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Rowan Crothers represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and 2024 Paris Paralympics.
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Rowan Crothers won two gold and one silver medals at the Tokyo Paralympics and two silver and one bronze medals at Paris Paralympics.
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Rowan Crothers attended Newmarket State School, Kelvin Grove State College and St Laurence's College.
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Rowan Crothers' prematurity resulted in him developing cerebral palsy due to IVH, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia causing permanent lung scarring.
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Rowan Crothers requires a vehicle modified with hand controls to legally drive and is currently working towards obtaining a full licence.
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Rowan Crothers has worked consistently on perfecting a propulsion style to make the most out of what coordination he has.
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Rowan Crothers has been a member of the Yeronga Park Swim Club since 2012 where he initially trained under Rick Van Der Zant.
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Rowan Crothers made his international swimming debut as a 13-year-old at the 2011 Arafura Games where he claimed a bronze medal in the Men's 400 m MC freestyle and broke 4 Australian National Age Records in the 50m, 100 m, 200 m and 400 m freestyle events in the S9 classification.
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Rowan Crothers went on to claim S9 Australian National Age Records in freestyle as a 13,14,15 and 16 year old in the 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, and the 400 m freestyle.
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At the 2013 Australian Short Course Championships, Rowan Crothers broke the men's S9 World Record for the 400 m SC freestyle.
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In 2014 at the Australian Swimming Championships, Rowan Crothers broke World Records in the S9 100 m freestyle twice, and another in the S9 200 m freestyle.
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Rowan Crothers went on to win Gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games breaking his own World Record.
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In 2016 Rowan Crothers was reclassified from S9 to S10 which was a major adjustment.
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Rowan Crothers went on to compete at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in four events and qualified for the finals in each.
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Rowan Crothers won two gold medals - Men's 50 m Freestyle and Men's 100m Freestyle at both the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira and 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, Manchester, England.