Geoff Huegill
Geoffrey Andrew Huegill (born 4 March 1979) is an Australian former butterfly swimmer who won silver in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay and bronze in the 100 metre butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He held the long course world record in the 50 metre butterfly from 2000 to 2003.
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| Full name | Geoffrey Andrew Huegill[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Skippy",[2][3] "Skip" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 March 1979 Gove Peninsula Northern Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SOPAC Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
Geoff was born to an Australian father and a Thai mother in 1979.[4] He is the uncle of Australian rugby league player Chris McQueen.[5]
Comeback
On 12 November 2008, Huegill announced his comeback to competitive swimming. Having had major battles with his weight since quitting the sport following the 2004 Athens Olympics. He said he had lost more than 40 kilograms (coming from 138 kg) for his comeback and would train for the 50 and 100 butterfly with the aim of competing at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. He sparked attention of the Australian sports media by qualifying for the finals in the 50 and 100 metre butterfly at the 2009 Telstra Australian Championships (being interviewed after every swim). He built more momentum in August 2009 at the Australian Short Course Championships, capturing his first national medal in 5 years.
2010 brought enormous improvements, clocking 23.44 in the 50 metre butterfly to win the Australian title, just 0.02s off his old world record from 2001. His 100-metre butterfly was 53.09 seconds, finishing 5th. In a post-swim interview he claimed to be a lean 93 kg. At the 2010 Pan Pacs he clocked 23.27 seconds in the heats of the 50 metre butterfly but was not able to back up that form in the finals, finishing just outside the medals. His 100 butterfly was 52.21, his second-fastest time ever, faster than his bronze medal swim in Sydney almost ten years before. He picked up a bronze medal in the medley relay. At the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games he won gold medals in the 4 × 100 metre medley and the 100 metre butterfly breaking a ten-year-old personal best when winning in 51.69 seconds (Commonwealth games record). He was narrowly beaten by 0.02 of a second in the 50 metre butterfly by Kenyan Jason Dunford in a time of 23.37. Huegill swam at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), no medals were achieved however he did earn his name back into the record list with an Australian record the 4 × 100 metre medley relay.
Publications
- Be Your Best: Hunt For Gold, TV documentary for FOXTEL, aired in February 2012.
- Huegill, Geoff. (2012) Be Your Best. Random House, ISBN 978-1742751658
See also
References
- "Results – Tuesday 5 October". BBC Sport. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- Smith, Wayne (9 October 2010). "Skippy Geoff Huegill makes it the best race of his life". The Australian. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- Hackett, Grant (6 October 2010). "Geoff 'Skippy' Huegill is the true comeback king". The Australian. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- httpnews/sports/294080/huegill-hopes
- "Player Poll: Olympians in the making". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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| Preceded by Paul Khoury |
Cleo Bachelor of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by Andrew G |
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| Preceded by Denis Pankratov |
Men's 50 metre butterfly world record holder 14 May 2000 – 2 July 2003 |
Succeeded by Matt Welsh |
| Preceded by Mark Foster |
Men's 50 metre butterfly (25m) world record holder 18 December 2001 – 10 October 2004 |
Succeeded by Ian Crocker |
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