Scott Goodman
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Full name | Scott Linton Goodman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Hobart, Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Scott Linton Goodman (born 20 August 1973) is an Australian butterfly swimmer who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly.[1] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[2]
Born and raised in
In 1996, Goodman went into the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta as the No. 1 ranked swimmer, and fastest qualifier in the heats of the 200-metre butterfly. However, he succumbed to pressure, executing poor turns, finishing with a bronze medal behind Denis Pankratov of Russia and Tom Malchow of the United States.
In 1998, Goodman went to the World Swimming Championships in Perth, but overbalanced and fell into the pool during the final. He was deemed to have entered the water deliberately and was disqualified for a false start. Goodman reacted by throwing and knocking over a poolside chair as he left the arena. Devastated, he quit swimming, but resumed training in 1999 in order to attempt to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to gain selection for the Sydney Olympics.
See also
References
- ^ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games.