Travis Nederpelt

Travis Nederpelt (born 10 June 1985) is an Australian former competition swimmer from Perth and butterfly specialist who represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens and in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] His best Olympic performance was 8th in the final of the men's 400m individual medley at Athens.[2]

Travis Nederpelt
Personal information
Full nameTravis Nederpelt
National team Australia
Born (1985-06-10) 10 June 1985
Perth, Australia
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, medley
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne 200m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne 400m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Victoria 10km open water

Nederpelt is a record eight-time[3] winner of the popular Swim Thru Rottnest event.

His brother Jarrad Nederpelt is also a competitive club swimmer with whom he holds the current duo record for the Rottnest Channel Swim event, set in 2001.

In May 2012 at the age of 26, Nederpelt retired from competitive swimming,[4] but continued to serve the sport as a coach.

He became a member of the Swimming WA Board in 2016, and in 2018 was inducted into the WA Swimming Hall of Fame.[5]

References
  1. "Travis Nederpelt". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  2. "Travis Nederpelt". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  3. "SwimThruRotto Winners". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. "Travis Nederpelt bids farewell to swimming". Swimming Australia. 17 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. "Hall of Fame". Swimming WA. 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.


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