Rick Pendleton
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Full name | Rick Pendleton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 12 January 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classifications | S10, SB9, SM10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | University of Sunshine Coast Spartans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rick Pendleton, OAM[1] (born 12 January 1985) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer from Sydney. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics,[2] his fourth Games.
Personal
He was born without his left hand. He turned to swimming after his rugby league career was ended by a knee ligament injury. He attended high school at Marcellin College Randwick.[3] He is married to Jemma and they have a daughter Amara.[4]
Career
He has won five Paralympic medals. He won a gold medal at the
In 2011, at the age of 26, he competed in the Can-Am Swimming Open, where he earned a gold medal in the S10 200m butterfly event, a silver medal in the men's SM10 200 m individual medley, and a bronze in the 100m freestyle event.[6]
Prior to the 2012 London Paralympics, he moved to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland to be coached by Jon Shaw.[7] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay 34pts and a bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley SM10.[5]
Competing at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, he won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB9.[8] He finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts, fifth in the 200 m individual medley SM10, ninth in the 100 m butterfly S10, and eleventh in the 50 m freestyle S10.[9]
He works as a swimming coach at Matthew Flinders Anglican College's Flinders Swim Club.[10] In 2015, he was coached by Jan Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast.[11]
At the
Recognition
In 2009, he received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his 2008 gold medals.[1] He was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder.[13]
His philosophy is "It only takes a moment to lose, it takes a lifetime to forget. Even coal under pressure becomes a diamond."[4]
References
- ^ a b "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Govorcin, Damir (9 November 2008). "Marcellin honours old boy for Paralympic golds". The Catholic Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Rick Pendelton". International Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Rick Pendleton". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Sport News". Paralympic.org. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Rick Pendelton". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Aussies add two silver and two bronze on Day 3 in Glasgow". Swimming Australia News. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Rick Pendleton results". Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Flinders Swim Club". Matthew Flinders Anglican College. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Jan Cameron joins elite coaching group with Platinum recognition". Swimming Australia website. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Rick Pendelton". Rio Paralympics Official Results. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "AIS at the Paralympics". Australian Sports Commission Website. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
External links
- Rick Pendleton at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Rick Pendleton at Paralympics Australia
- Rick Pendleton at the International Paralympic Committee
- Rick Pendleton at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)