Nathan Rickard
Personal information
Birth nameNathan Craig Rickard
Sport
Country Australia
SportSwimming
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Universiade
Gold medal – first place1997 Sicily50 m freestyle
FINA World Championships
Silver medal – second place1998 Perth4 × 100 m freestyle

Nathan Craig Rickard is an Australian former freestyle swimmer.

Rickard, elder brother of swimmer Brenton, was the World Student Games 50 metre freestyle gold medalist in 1997, setting an Australian record of 22.50s in the process.[1] He upset world record holder Michael Klim to win the 50 metre freestyle at the 1997 Australian Swimming Championships.[2] This qualified him for the 1998 World Championships in Perth, where he placed 12th in the 50 metre freestyle and swam heats on the silver medal-winning 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team. He won the national 50 metre freestyle title again in 1998 and came fourth in that event at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games later that year.[3] In 1999 he was fifth in the 50 metre freestyle at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Star pupil". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 September 1997.
  2. ↑ "Dunn sets medley record". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 October 1997.
  3. ↑ "Welsh, Kilm have colors lowered". The Age. 2 May 1998.
  4. ↑ "Swimming". Los Angeles Times. 29 August 1999.
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