Jaclyn Barclay (born 27 December 2006) is an Australian swimmer. She won one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Barclay swims for the St. Peters Western Swim Club in Brisbane.
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 December 2006 Everton Park, Queensland[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBarclay swam the 200-meter backstroke title at the 2023 Australian Championships and came third in both of the shorter backstroke distances.[2] She won gold in the 100-meter backstroke and bronze in the 50-meter backstroke at the 2023 Junior World Championships. She won another gold medal with the 4 x 100-meter medley relay.[3][4] She won a silver medal with the 4 x 100-meter mixed medley relay. In both relays she was only used in the final, with Iona Anderson swimming in the preliminary rounds.[5]
At the 2024 World Championships in Doha, the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay team consisting of Alexandria Perkins, Barclay, Abbey Harkin and Shayna Jack swam the fastest preliminary time. In the final, Throssell, Perkins, Harkin and Jack beat the preliminary time by 1.4 seconds and came second behind the Dutch team. Barclay also received a silver medal for her performance in the preliminary round.[6] In the 100 meter backstroke, Claire Curzan from the United States won with a lead of 0.83 seconds over Iona Anderson, who in turn finished 0.06 seconds ahead of Canadian Ingrid Wilm. Barclay came fourth, 0.10 seconds behind Wilm. In the 50 meter backstroke, Barclay was eliminated in the semifinals. In the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay, Kiah Melverton, Abbey Harkin, Jaclyn Barclay and Brianna Throssell were used in the preliminary round. In the final, Harkin, Jack, Throssel and Melverton came third. In the 200 meter backstroke, Curzan won with 1.26 seconds ahead of Barclay, who finished two seconds ahead of third-placed Belarusian Anastasiya Shkurdai.[7][8] The Australian 4 x 100 meter medley relay team, consisting of Barclay, Harkin, Perkins and Throssell, qualified for the final with the third fastest preliminary time. In the final, Anderson, Harkin, Throssell and Jack were five seconds faster than the preliminary relay and won ahead of the Swedes and the Canadians.[9] Barclay won a silver medal in an individual event and a medal in each color for her appearances in relay heats.
At 17 years old, Barclay is the youngest swimmer in the 2024 Australian Olympic team.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Jaclyn Barclay". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Jaclyn Barclay". www.worldaquatics.com.
- ^ "Anderson named Junior World Champion". swimming.org.au. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Flynn Southam and Jaclyn Barclay Strike World Junior Championship Gold In Israel". swimming.org.au. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "2023 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships – Results book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "DOHA WORLDS: Two silvers on opening night of finals". swimming.org.au. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Sjostrom Enters Elite Company with Sixth 50m Butterfly World Title; Claire Curzan Completes Hat Trick on Night Seven". 17 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Cameron McEvoy pipped by barest of margins in 50m freestyle world title defence". The Guardian. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Weltmeisterschaften 2024". the-sports.org.
- ^ "Jaclyn Barclay". www.swimming.org.au.
External links
edit- Jaclyn Barclay at World Aquatics
- Jaclyn Barclay at SwimRankings.net
- Jaclyn Barclay at Olympics.com
- Jaclyn Barclay at the Australian Olympic Committee
