Alexander Tuckfield
{{short description|Australian Paralympic swimmer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
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| classification = S10, SB9, SM10
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| club = Aquablitz Toongabbie
| coach = Gavin Stewart
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|5 November 2004}}
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{{Medal|Sport|Paralympic swimming}}
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{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2020 Tokyo | 400 m freestyle S9}}
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Alexander Tuckfield (born 5 November 2004) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He began swimming at the age on ten. He has cerebral palsy.{{Cite web |title=Alexander Tuckfield {{!}} Swimming Australia |url=https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/alexander-tuckfield |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=swimming.org.au}} At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won a bronze medal{{Cite web |date=16 June 2021 |title=Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/06/paralympics-australia-names-powerful-para-swimming-team-for-tokyo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616114345/https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/06/paralympics-australia-names-powerful-para-swimming-team-for-tokyo/ |archive-date=16 June 2021 |access-date=20 June 2021 |website=Paralympics Australia}}
Swimming
Tuckfield who was born on 5 November 2004 and has cerebral palsy. He began swimming at the age of ten.{{Cite web|title=Alexander Tuckfield|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=2094460&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1|url-status=dead|access-date=20 July 2021|website=Inostrada IPC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720044159/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=2094460&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1 |archive-date=20 July 2021 }}
At the 2020 Swimming Australia Virtual Championships, he broke the Men's 200m Freestyle S9 world record.{{Cite web|title=2020 Swimming Australia Virtual Championships|url=https://swimswam.com/para-swimming-world-records-fall-at-aussie-virtual-cships/|url-status=live|access-date=20 July 2021|website=Swim Swam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130110101/https://swimswam.com/para-swimming-world-records-fall-at-aussie-virtual-cships/ |archive-date=30 November 2020 }}
Tuckfield finished second in the Men's 400 m S9 at 2021 Australian Swimming Trials and qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.{{Cite web|date=17 June 2021|title=Eight Para swimmers claim Tokyo tickets at trials/|url=https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/eight-para-swimmers-claim-tokyo-tickets-at-trials/|url-status=live|access-date=20 July 2021|website=NSWIS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617025012/https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/eight-para-swimmers-claim-tokyo-tickets-at-trials/ |archive-date=17 June 2021 }}
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Tuckfield qualified first in his heat and then won the bronze medal in the Men's 400 m freestyle S9. His time of 4:13.54 was three-and-a-half seconds slower than the gold medal winner William Martin of Australia. He also swam in the 50 m freestyle S9 but failed to qualify for the final.{{Cite web|title=Alexander Tuckfield|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1498357-tuckfield-alexander.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=25 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825103334/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1498357-tuckfield-alexander.htm |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}
At the 2024 European Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Tuckfield took Bronze in the Men's 100 m Freestyle S10, and swam the second leg in the mixed {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} Freestyle 34pts where the team took the bronze and set an OC Record with a time of 4:11.56
References
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External links
- [http://web.archive.org/web/20220315165920/https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/alexander-tuckfield Alexander Tuckfield] at Swimming Australia (archived)
- {{Paralympics Australia|alexander-tuckfield}}
- {{IPC profile|alexander-tuckfield}}
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Category:Australian male freestyle swimmers
Category:Male Paralympic swimmers for Australia
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
Category:Paralympic medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:S9-classified para swimmers