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Further Personal Information | |
| Higher education | Industrial Design - Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, QLD, AUS |
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| Famous relatives | His cousin Nicholas Sprenger competed in swimming at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. His wife Amelia Evatt Davey also competes in swimming. (Swimming Australia, 16 Jun 2010; dailytelegraph.com.au, 30 Jul 2013) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | He followed his brother into the sport. |
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| Hero / Idol | Australian swimmer Leisel Jones and Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima. (Swimming Australia, 16 Jun 2010; couriermail.com.au, 29 Mar 2014) |
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| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up swimming at age eight and began to concentrate on breaststroke at age 13. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2006 |
| Competing for | Australia |
| Tournament | Commonwealth Games |
| Location | Melbourne, VIC |
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| Languages | English |
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| Nicknames | Sprenger (Swimming Australia, 16 Jun 2010) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Don't let anyone tell you that you're not good enough." (Swimming Australia, 16 Jun 2010) |
| Other information | RETIREMENT He retired from competitive swimming in January 2016. "After returning in 2015, after almost four months out of the water, I worked hard to get back what I had lost, but although I may have thought I wanted it, it was not enough. Towards the end of 2015, my breaststroke just didn't feel how it used to, and I became more and more frustrated." (swimswam.com, 20 Jan 2016) ONLINE ASSISTANCE He partially credits his 2013 100m breaststroke world championship gold medal to watching YouTube videos of his own races and those of Japanese breaststroker Kosuke Kitajima. (dailytelegraph.com.au, 30 Jul 2013) TATTOO He has a tattoo of the Olympic rings on the left side of his chest. (olympics.com.au, 26 Mar 2012) |
| Awards and honours | He was inducted into the Australian Path of Champions in 2014. The Path of Champions recognises the achievements of Australia’s top athletes. (swimswam.com, 21 Oct 2014) He received the People's Choice Award at the 2012 Australian Swimming Awards. (Swimming Australia, 24 Nov 2012) |
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| Family | Wife Amelia |
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| Injuries | He suffered back and shoulder problems from July to October 2014. His shoulder problems continued to hamper his performances throughout 2015. (swimswam.com, 13 Sep 2014; 05 Nov 2014; 15 Nov 2015) |