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Christian Sprenger 
Personal information Full name Christian David Sprenger Nationality 
AustraliaBorn 19 December 1985
Brisbane, AustraliaHeight 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Weight 91 kg (200 lb) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Breaststroke Club Commercial Swim Club Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for AustraliaOlympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing 4x100 m medley World Championships (LC) Silver 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley Bronze 2009 Rome 200 m breaststroke Bronze 2009 Rome 4x100 m medley Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne 4x100 m medley Gold 2010 Delhi 4x100 m medley Silver 2010 Delhi 100 m breaststroke Bronze 2010 Delhi 200 m breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships Silver 2010 Irvine 100 m breaststroke Bronze 2010 Irvine 4x100 m medley Christian David Sprenger[1] (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.
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Swimming career
At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships he qualified in the 100 m and the 200 m breaststroke, placing second in both events to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He failed to make the finals in either event but picked up a silver after swimming in the heats of the medley relay.[2] Later on in the year he won nine individual FINA World Cup races during the 2008 series. He also won seven silvers and three bronze.
Sprenger had his first individual success at global level in 2009, breaking Kosuke Kitajima's world record in the semifinals of the 200m breaststroke, and took taking two bronze medals at the World Championships in Rome.
He had more international success in 2010, as he captured a silver in the 100m breaststroke at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and a bronze in the medley relay. Along with 3 medals at the Commonwealth games.
Personal life
His cousin Nicholas Sprenger is a freestyler who represented Australia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
Career Best Times
Sprenger has broken 2 world records in his career
Event Time Record Long Course 50m Breaststroke 27.63 100m Breaststroke 59.52 Former AUS Record Holder 200m Breaststroke 2:07.31 WR Holder Event Time Record Short Course 50m Breaststroke 26.54 AUS Record Holder 100m Breaststroke 57.57 AUS Record Holder 200m Breaststroke 2:01.98 Former WR Holder References
- ^ "Results – Tuesday 5 October". BBC Sport. 5 October 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/bbc_coverage/9038238.stm. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ "Christian Sprenger". Australian Olympic Committee. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/11190/Christian+Sprenger. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
Records Preceded by
Kosuke KitajimaMen's 200 m breaststroke
world record holder (long course)
30 July 2009–presentIncumbent Preceded by
Ed MosesMen's 200 metre breaststroke
world record holder (short course)
10 August 2009– 13 December 2009Succeeded by
Dániel GyurtaCategories:- People from Queensland
- Australian swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Commercial Swimming Club swimmers
- 1985 births
- Living people
- World record holders in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Australian Olympic medalist stubs
- Australian swimming biography stubs
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