Jack Cartwright

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Jack Cartwright

| image =

| nationality = Australian

| strokes = Freestyle

| club =

| coach = Dean Boxall

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|9|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia

| height = 1.91 m

| weight = 81 kg

| medaltemplates =

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{{MedalGold|2022 Budapest|Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay}}

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Jack Cartwright (born 22 September 1998) is an Australian swimmer.

He is scheduled to make his Olympics debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on 27 July 2024.

Early life and career

Cartwright was raised in Biloela, Queensland where during his childhood he would travel to Gladstone for training, moving to the city in 2008 where he trained with the Gladstone Gladiators.{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Aaron|date=29 June 2024|title=The heartfelt letter that set Jack Cartwright on the path from country kid to Paris Olympian|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-29/jack-cartwright-australia-olympic-swimming-team-paris-2024/103996922|work=ABC News|access-date=6 July 2024}}{{cite news|last=Kossatch|first=Nick|date=9 April 2018|title=It's a Gladstone gold rush|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/gladstone/sport/watch-its-a-gladstone-gold-rush/news-story/92405371226dbb62bed0e332a762d45c|work=The Observer|access-date=6 July 2024}}

After securing a scholarship, Cartwright relocated to Brisbane in 2014 to attend private Lutheran school St Peters College.

At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Cartwright won gold medals in the 200 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle (where he set a Championships record of 48.91 seconds in the preliminaries), 50 metre freestyle, and the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, a silver medal in 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay.[http://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/Jr%20PanPacs/2016/ "2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results"]. swmeets.com. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |title=Heats results |accessdate=27 July 2017 |work=FINA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727175552/http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |archive-date=27 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://fina-budapest2017.com/en/home |title=2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes |access-date=27 July 2017 |work=Budapest 2017 |archive-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802184504/https://fina-budapest2017.com/en/home |url-status=dead }}

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Cartwright won two gold medals as part of the teams who won the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay.{{cite news|last1=Maasdorp|first1=James|last2=Pentony|first2=Luke|date=6 April 2018|title=Commonwealth Games: Chalmers doubles up on gold as McKeon leads swimming medal surge|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-06/commonwealth-games-hope-for-swimming-gold/9628366|work=ABC News|access-date=6 July 2024|quote=}}

Cartwright was part of the winning 4 x 100 metre relay and the 4 x 100 metre freestyle teams at the 2022 and 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest and Fukushima respectively, winning a collective total of three gold medals and one silver medal.{{cite news|last=Otto|first=Tyson|date=25 June 2022|title='It's astonishing': Aussies break world record at swimming championships|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming/its-astonishing-aussies-break-world-record-at-swimming-championships/news-story/3febc957fd032f6b5299f0ee787a0283|work=news.com.au|access-date=6 July 2024|quote=Kyle Chalmers, Jack Cartwright, Madison Wilson and Mollie O'Callaghan set the Budapest pool on fire to win the event by more than 1.3 seconds clear of Canada.}}{{cite news|last=Larkin|first=Steve|date=24 July 2023|title=Australian swimmers smash world records, win four gold medals in Japan|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/sport/australian-swimmers-smash-world-records-win-four-gold-medals-in-japan-20230724-p5dqnk|work=Australian Financial Review|access-date=6 July 2024|quote=Australia’s men’s 4x100m freestyle relayers – Jack Cartwright, Flynn Southam, Kai Taylor and Kyle Chalmers – also saluted on Sunday night in Fukuoka...}} Following this success, Cartwright won another silver medal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha as part of the mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay team.{{cite news|date=18 February 2024|title=Cameron McEvoy pipped to 50m freestyle gold in Doha upset as next gen of Aussie swimmers shine again|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-18/cameron-mcevoy-50m-freestyle-silver-doha-championships/103481262|work=ABC News|author=Australian Associated Press|access-date=6 July 2024|quote=as they teamed up with Kai Taylor and Jack Cartwright to win silver in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay behind the victorious Chinese.}}

Following the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane, Cartwright was named as part of the Australian swimming team to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite news|last=Bilton|first=Dean|date=16 June 2024|title=Australia's Paris Olympics swimming team has been confirmed. Is it ready to conquer the world?|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-16/australias-paris-olympics-swimming-team-confirmed/103983064|work=ABC News|access-date=6 July 2024}}

World records

=Long course metres=

class="wikitable sortable"
No. ! Event ! Time ! Meet ! Location ! Date ! Status ! Ref
1 \| 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay{{ref label\|relay1 teammates\|a\|a}} \| align="center" \| 3:19.38 \| 2022 World Aquatics Championships \| Budapest, Hungary \| align="center" \| 24 June 2022 \| align="center" \| Former \| align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000301F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf\|title=Mixed Freestyle Relay Final results\|publisher=omegatiming.com\|date=24 June 2022}}
2 \| 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay{{ref label\|relay2 teammates\|b\|b}} \| align="center" \| 3:18.83 \| 2023 World Aquatics Championships \| Fukuoka, Japan \| align="center" \| 29 July 2023 \| align="center" \| Current \| align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010301F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf\|title=Final results\|publisher=omegatiming.com\|date=29 July 2023}}

class="wikitable sortable"

No.

! Event

! Time

! Meet

! Location

! Date

! Status

! Ref

| 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay{{ref label|relay1 teammates|a|a}}

| align="center" | 3:19.38

| 2022 World Aquatics Championships

| Budapest, Hungary

| align="center" | 24 June 2022

| align="center" | Former

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000301F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|title=Mixed Freestyle Relay Final results|publisher=omegatiming.com|date=24 June 2022}}

| 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay{{ref label|relay2 teammates|b|b}}

| align="center" | 3:18.83

| 2023 World Aquatics Championships

| Fukuoka, Japan

| align="center" | 29 July 2023

| align="center" | Current

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010301F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|title=Final results|publisher=omegatiming.com|date=29 July 2023}}

{{note label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} split 48.12 (1st leg); with Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Madison Wilson (3rd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)

{{note label|relay2 teammates|b|b}} split 48.14 (1st leg); with Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Shayna Jack (3rd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)

References

External links

{{World Aquatics}}
{{Swimrankings}}
{{Swimming Australia|jack-cartwright}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220322034234/https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/jack-cartwright archive])
{{AOC|jack-cartwright}}
{{CGA|jack-cartwright}}
{{Olympics.com|jack-cartwright}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20241006171410/https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jack-cartwright_1946186 Jack Cartwright] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/jack-cartwright_1946186 alternate link])

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Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming

Category:Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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