McLOUGHLIN Jack

Date of Birth: 1 Feb 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: BRISBANE, QLD

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : BRISBANE, QLD

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 400m Freestyle	2
	Men's 800m Freestyle	5
	Men's 1500m Freestyle

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Freestyle - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Freestyle Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 800m Freestyle - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 800m Freestyle Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 1500m Freestyle - Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

SWIMMING

Olympic Games

Year	Location	1500Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (14:56.02)

World Championships

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	1500Free	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	6th (3:45.19)	4th (7:42.64)	H (15:04.64)	1st
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	H (7:53.51)	H (15:01.55)	-

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	1500Free
2018	Tokyo, JPN	1st (3:44.20)	3rd (7:47.31)	4th (14:55.92)

Champions Swim Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2019

Year	400Free
2019	1 x 3rd

Champions Swim Series - Ten best performances since 2019

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2019	400m Freestyle	Guangzhou, CHN	3:47.89

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

MARATHON SWIMMING

World Championships

Year	Location	5km	5km - TR X
2017	Budapest, HUN	23	4

Legend
X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, TR - Team Relay, TTT - Team Time Trial

Wakeboarding, playing computer games. (swimming.org.au, 15 Apr 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Civil Engineering - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, AUS

Languages spoken:

Chandler Swimming Club [Brisbane, QLD, AUS]

Vince Raleigh [club, national], AUS; Rohan Taylor [national]; Craig Jackson [national], RSA

He began swimming seriously at age 14. (smh.com.au, 20 Jul 2019)

He played rugby union [15-a-side] before he decided to focus on swimming. "I played a lot of rugby and tried my hand at anything and was pretty good at most things. I wanted to play sport when I was older and represent Australia. I had to choose between swimming and rugby. I broke my collarbone playing rugby and I realised, 'I'm not getting much bigger, these boys are getting huge'. So I turned my attention to swimming." (smh.com.au, 20 Jul 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportingnews.com, 21 Apr 2020)

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (swimming.org.au, 15 Apr 2018)

Australian swimmer Grant Hackett. (gc2018.com, 01 Oct 2017)

His parents. (gc2018.com, 01 Oct 2017)

Philosophy:

"Challenge the [coach's] whiteboard - I try to do that every day. I love to always try to challenge Vince Raleigh and tell him I can do better than that. I never say die." (smh.com.au, 20 Jul 2019)

In 2018 he was named Swimmer of the Year at the Swimming Australia Awards. (Australian Dolphins Swim Team, Facebook page, 28 Oct 2018)

General Interest

General
MENTAL STRENGTH
He believes his mental strength makes up for what he lacks in height compared to some of his opponents. "It wasn't until I got a bit older I realised that it [height] doesn't really matter. What matters most is in here, your heart. I kept ticking away and the thing most people underestimate in swimming is your mental power. I pride myself on being one of the mentally strongest swimmers out there, I believe that if I want to achieve something, I can get it." (smh.com.au, 20 Jul 2019)

YOUTH SWIMMING AMBASSADOR
He works as a national ambassador for the Australian Junior Excellence Program, which helps to nurture up-and-coming swimmers. "As a kid I took part in JX [Junior Excellence], and it was something I was proud of. So to be able to give back to junior swimming and help these young swimmers is something I'm very passionate about. If you were able to reach a gold or silver standard time you really felt like you were achieving something special, and you'd wear your cap around the pool like a badge of honour." (bioisland.com.au, 01 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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