Max Metzker

Max Metzker

Durban, South Africa
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of Alabama
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Australia Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 1500 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 1500 m freestyle 1978 Edmonton 4×200 m freestyle 1982 Brisbane 1500 m freestyle 1978 Edmonton 400 m freestyle

Maxwell Raymond Metzker (born 8 March 1960) was a South African-born long-distance freestyle swimmer who represented Australia in the late 1970s and early 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was a co-flagbearer with Denise Boyd at the opening ceremony, when Australia marched under the Olympic flag to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.

Metzker first showed his international pedigree in the pool at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, coming sixth in the 1500-metre freestyle and 13th in the 400-metre event.

He had his first international success at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, winning a gold and bronze medal in the 1500-metre and 400-metre freestyle respectively. He also claimed a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.

In Moscow, Metzker trailed the great Soviet swimmer

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

• Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales:
  ISBN 0-7333-0884-8
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• Max Metzker at World Aquatics
• Max Metzker at SwimRankings.net
• Max Metzker at Olympics.com
• Max Metzker at
  Olympedia
• Max Metzker at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Max Metzker at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)