Swimming – Men’s 100m Butterfly Final and Ceremony (S14)

Swimming/S14
Country: Australia, AUS
Born: 25 September 2003
Events: 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle
Result/Rank:
– World #3 – 4x100m Freestyle – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #6 – 100m Backstroke – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #7 – 200m Freestyle – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #10 – 100m Butterfly – 2019 London, Great Britain

Bio: At only 17 years of age, Ricky Betar is an Australian swimmer from New South Wales. Ricky was a member of the bronze medal winning 4 x 100m Freestyle relay team at the World Para Swimming Championships in London, and recently took home 5 medals at the Australian Nationals Championships. Tokyo 2020 will be his first Paralympics.

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Swimming/S14
Country: United States of America (USA)
Born: 25 July 2000
Events: 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke
Result/Rank: WPS & Virtus 100m Backstroke 57.56, Adelaide 2021 Australian Trials
Record: NEW Virtus and World Para Swimming World Record
Paralympic Qualifying Time: 1:01:42 AM
Previous Virtus Record: Virtus WR of 59.26 held by a Russian
Bio: A talented swimmer, Benjamin Hance competes for Australia in the 100m Backstroke (S14). He currently holds the World Paralympic Swimming World Record in the event, and will be competing in Tokyo 2020 at his first Paralympics.

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Swimming/S14
Country: Brazil (BRA)
Born: 29 October 2001
Events: 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke, 200m Individual Medley, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Freestyle
Result/Rank:
– European #1 – 100m Freestyle – 2020 Funchal, Portugal
– European #1 – 100m Backstroke – 2020 Funchal, Portugal
– European #1 – 100m Breaststroke- 2020 Funchal, Portugal
– European #1 – 100m Butterfly – 2020 Funchal, Portugal

– European #1 – 200m Individual Medley – 2020 Funchal, Portugal
– European #1 – 200m Freestyle – 2020 Funchal, Portugal

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Swimming/S14
Country: Great Britain, GBR
Born: 19 September 1995
Events: 100m Butterfly, 200m Individual Medley, 100m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle
Result/Rank:
– World #1 – 100m Butterfly- 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #1 – 200m Freestyle – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #1- 4x100m Individual Medley – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #2 – 200m Individual Medley- 2019 London, Great Britain

Bio: Reece Dunn is an established para-swimmer who represents Great Britain on an international stage. He currently holds the world record in the S14 100m freestyle (51.52), 200m Freestyle (1:52.96) and the 100m Butterfly (54.46), as well as in the mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle relay. He will be one to watch in his first Paralympic campaign in Tokyo 2020.

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Swimming/S14
Country: Iceland, ISL
Born: 14 May 2001
Events: 100m Butterfly, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley
Result/Rank:

– World #1 – 200m Individual Medley – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #2 – 100m Backstroke – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #2 – 100m Breaststroke – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #4 – 200m Freestyle – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #5 – 100m Butterfly – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– European #2 – 100m Butterfly – 2018 Dublin, Ireland
– European #2 – 200m Individual Medley – 2018 Dublin, Ireland
– European #7 – 100m Breaststroke – 2018 Dublin, Ireland
– World #11 – 100m Breaststroke – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #11 – 100m Butterfly – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #11 – 200m Individual Medley – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #13 – 200m Freestyle – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #4 – 100m Butterfly – 2020 Funchal, Portugal
– World #4 – 200m Individual Medley – 2020 Funchal, Portugal
– World #5 – 200m Freestyle – 2020 Funchal, Portugal
– World #7 – 100m Backstroke – 2020 Funchal, Portugal
– World #9 – 100m Breaststroke – 2020 Funchal, Portugal

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Swimming/S14
Country: Japan (JPN)
Born: 28 October 2000
Events: 100m Butterfly, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley
Result/Rank:
– World #1 – 100m Breaststroke – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #8 – 100m Butterfly – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #16 – 100m Backstroke – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #17 – 200m Individual Medley – 2019 London, Great Britain

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Swimming/S14
Country: Korea (KOR)
Born: 30 September 1992
Events: 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke
Result/Rank:
– #3 – 200m Freestyle – 2012 London Paralympics
– World #3 – 200m Freestyle – 2013 Montreal, Canada
– World #5 – 200m Individual Medley – 2015, Glasgow, Great Britain
– World #5 – 200m Freestyle – 2015, Glasgow, Great Britain
– World #11 – 100m Breaststroke – 2015, Glasgow, Great Britain
– World #15 – 100m Backstroke – 2015, Glasgow, Great Britain
– #4 – 200m Individual Medley – 2016 Rio Paralympics
– #7 – 100m Backstroke – 2016 Rio Paralympics
– #7 – 200m Freestyle – 2016 Rio Paralympics
– #13 – 100m Breaststroke – 2016 Rio Paralympics
– #2 – 200m Freestyle – 2018 Asian Para Games, Jakarta
– #3 – 100m Butterfly – 2018 Asian Para Games, Jakarta
– #5 – 200m Individual Medley – 2018 Asian Para Games, Jakarta

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Swimming/S14
Country: United States of America (USA)
Born: 5 September 2001
Events: 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke, 200m Individual Medley
Result/Rank:
– World #1 – 100m Backstroke – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #4 – 100m Breaststroke – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #4 – 100m Butterfly – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #5 – 200m Freestyle – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #6 – 200m Individual Medley – 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
– World #1 – 100m Butterfly – 2019 London, Great Britain
– World #9 – 100m Backstroke – 2019 London, Great Britain
– 2021 Paralympic Trials – 2 x Gold
– 2021 World Series – 1 x Gold & 1 x Bronze

Bio: A member of the USA Paralympic team since 2017, Lawrence is currently in training for his first ever Paralympics in Tokyo 2020. He was one of the first two male athletes with an Intellectual Impairment to qualify to swim at the Paralympics for the USA, and has set nearly a dozen national records in the S14 category over the past two years. At the 2021 Paralympic trials, Lawrence took home two medals, both of them gold.

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