1. Timothy Hodge was born on 31 January 2001 and is an Australian Paralympic swimmer.
18 Facts About Timothy Hodge
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Timothy Hodge has represented Australia at the 2016,2020, and 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he won two gold, three silver and one bronze medals.
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Timothy Hodge lost his right foot when he was four due to lower-leg deficiency.
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Timothy Hodge competed at the 2015 IPC World Championships in Glasgow, where, at 14 years, he was the second youngest member of the Australian team.
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Timothy Hodge set his best individual time in 100m Backstroke finishing 8th.
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At the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Timothy Hodge competed in five events.
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Timothy Hodge placed fifth in the Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 and sixth in the Men's 100m Backstroke S9.
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Timothy Hodge had succeeded in his aim to compete at the Paralympics, whether at Rio or Tokyo.
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Timothy Hodge won a silver medal in the 100m Breaststroke SB7 in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland, where he swam his personal best thus far.
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At the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships, Timothy Hodge set a new world record to take gold in the Men's 50m Backstroke Multi-Class race.
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At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, Timothy Hodge won bronze medals in the Men's 100m Backstroke S9 and Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9.
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At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Timothy Hodge won a silver medal in the Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 with a time of 2:15.42.
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Timothy Hodge's team won the silver medal in a time of 4:07.70, just over a second behind the winners, RPC, who set a new world record.
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Timothy Hodge won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m backstroke S9 with a time of 1:02.16.
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At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Timothy Hodge won the gold medal in the Men's 100m Backstroke S9 and silver medal in the Men's 100 Breaststroke SB8.
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Timothy Hodge broke his world record in the Men's 200m medley SB9 at the 2024 Australian Paralympic Swimming Trials with a time of 2:12.03.
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Timothy Hodge won the silver medal in the Men's1 00 m butterfly S9, finished fourth in the Men's 400 m freestyle S9 and Men's 100 m backstroke S9 and fifth in the Men's 100 m breaststroke SB9.
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Timothy Hodge's results led to Hodge being awarded Swimming Australia's Paralympic Program Swimmer of the Year.