Australian swimmer
Chris Fydler
Full name Christopher John Fydler Nickname "Fydes" National team Australia Born (1972-11-08 ) 8 November 1972 (age 51) Sydney , New South WalesHeight 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Weight 95 kg (209 lb) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle
Christopher John Fydler OAM (born 8 November 1972)[citation needed ] is a former competitive swimmer [1] from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992 . Fydler represented Australia at an international level from 1989 to 2000. During his career he amassed over 20 national championships including five consecutive national 100-metre freestyle championships. At the Sydney 2000 Olympics , he was a member of the men's 4×100-metre freestyle relay team that defeated the Americans and won the gold medal with Michael Klim , Ian Thorpe and Ashley Callus . It was the first time in Olympic history that the US team had been beaten in that event.
Fydler competed in the Gladiator Individual Sports Athletes Challenge in 1995.
Since retiring from swimming in early 2001, Fydler has continued to be active in the swimming and Olympic families. He was a board member of Swimming Australia Ltd from 2006 to 2010, was a member of the FINA Disciplinary Panel in 2009-2017 and a member of its Ethics Panel 2018-2023, and is currently the President of Swimming NSW. He was also the Deputy Chef de Mission for the Australian Olympic Team competing in 2012 London Olympics and again at the 2016 Rio Olympics . Chris was also a been a board member of the NSW Institute of Sport from 2017-2023.
For his significant contribution to Swimming in Australia over the last 30 years, Chris was awarded Life Membership of Swimming Australia in 2020.
Chris graduated from Bond University in 1997 with a BComm and Llb (Hons). He was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales in January 1998. He practiced as a lawyer in Sydney from 1998 to 2003 before taking equity in a Sydney-based System Integration business Oriel Technologies. After Oriel Technologies was sold in 2016 to the Big Air Group (ASX:BGL), Chris had a short break before being appointed as CEO and then Managing Director of Tambla Ltd (formerly ComOps Ltd), a publicly listed Workforce Management software company.
After 5 years on its Board, Chris was appointed Chair of Pymble Ladies College in 2024.
1964 : Steve Clark , Mike Austin , Gary Ilman , Don Schollander (USA )
1968 : Zac Zorn , Stephen Rerych , Mark Spitz , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : David Edgar , John Murphy , Jerry Heidenreich , Mark Spitz (USA )
1984 : Chris Cavanaugh , Mike Heath , Matt Biondi , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : Chris Jacobs , Troy Dalbey , Tom Jager , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Joe Hudepohl , Matt Biondi , Tom Jager , Jon Olsen , Shaun Jordan , Joel Thomas (USA )
1996 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Brad Schumacher , Gary Hall Jr. , David Fox , Scott Tucker (USA )
2000 : Michael Klim , Chris Fydler , Ashley Callus , Ian Thorpe , Todd Pearson , Adam Pine (AUS )
2004 : Roland Schoeman , Lyndon Ferns , Darian Townsend , Ryk Neethling (RSA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Garrett Weber-Gale , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak , Nathan Adrian , Ben Wildman-Tobriner , Matt Grevers (USA )
2012 : Amaury Leveaux , Fabien Gilot , Clément Lefert , Yannick Agnel , Alain Bernard , Jérémy Stravius (FRA )
2016 : Caeleb Dressel , Michael Phelps , Ryan Held , Nathan Adrian , Jimmy Feigen , Blake Pieroni , Anthony Ervin (USA )
2020 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Bowe Becker , Zach Apple , Brooks Curry (USA )
2024 : Jack Alexy , Chris Guiliano , Hunter Armstrong , Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Matt King (USA )
1973 : Mike Stamm , John Hencken , Joe Bottom , Jim Montgomery (USA)
1975 : John Murphy , Rick Colella , Gregory Jagenburg , Andy Coan (USA)
1978 : Bob Jackson , Nicholas Nevid , Joe Bottom , David McCagg (USA)
1982 : Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Matt Gribble , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Dan Veatch , David Lundberg , Pablo Morales , Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 : Jeff Rouse , Eric Wunderlich , Mark Henderson , Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 : Jeff Rouse , Eric Wunderlich , Mark Henderson , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 : Matt Welsh , Phil Rogers , Michael Klim , Chris Fydler (AUS)
2001 : Matt Welsh , Regan Harrison , Geoff Huegill , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak (USA)
2005 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 : Matt Welsh , Brenton Rickard , Andrew Lauterstein , Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2009 : Aaron Peirsol , Eric Shanteau , Michael Phelps , David Walters (USA)
2011 : Nick Thoman , Mark Gangloff , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2013 : Camille Lacourt , Giacomo Perez-Dortona , Jérémy Stravius , Fabien Gilot (FRA)
2015 : Ryan Murphy , Kevin Cordes , Tom Shields , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2017 : Matt Grevers , Kevin Cordes , Caeleb Dressel , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 : Luke Greenbank , Adam Peaty , James Guy , Duncan Scott (GBR)
2022 : Thomas Ceccon , Nicolò Martinenghi , Federico Burdisso , Alessandro Miressi (ITA)
2023 : Ryan Murphy , Nic Fink , Dare Rose , Jack Alexy (USA)
2024 : Hunter Armstrong , Nic Fink , Zach Harting , Matt King (USA)
1993 : Brazil (Scherer , Ferreira , Souza , Borges )
1995 : Brazil (Scherer , Massura , Cordeiro , Borges )
1997 : Germany (Conrad , Tröger , Lüderitz , Heilmann )
1999 : Australia (Fydler , Pearson , Thorpe , Klim )
2000 : Sweden (Nyström , Frölander , Ohlin , Nystrand )
2002 : United States (Tucker , Marshall , Lezak , Keller )
2004 : United States (Brunelli , Walker , Dusing , Lezak )
2006 : Italy (Calvi , Lanzarini , Galenda , Magnini )
2008 : United States (Lochte , Lundquist , Adrian , Van Wie )
2010 : France (Bernard , Bousquet , Gilot , Agnel )
2012 : United States (Ervin , Lochte , Feigen , Grevers )
2014 : France (Mignon , Gilot , Manaudou , Metella )
2016 : Russia (Lobintsev , Vekovishchev , Morozov , Popkov )
2018 : United States (Dressel , Pieroni , Chadwick , Held )
2021 : Russian Swimming Federation (Kolesnikov , Minakov , Grinev , Shchegolev )
2022 : Italy (Miressi , Conte Bonin , Deplano , Ceccon )
1993 : United States (Schwenk , Wunderlich , Henderson , Olsen )
1995 : New Zealand (Winter , Kent , Callaghan , Bray )
1997 : Australia (Radley , Rogers , Huegill , Klim )
1999 : Australia (Welsh , Rogers , Klim , Fydler )
2000 : United States (Krayzelburg , Marrs , Walker , Tucker )
2002 : United States (Peirsol , Denniston , Marshall , Lezak )
2004 : United States (Peirsol , Hansen , Crocker , Lezak )
2006 : Australia (Welsh , Rickard , Pine , Callus )
2008 : Russia (Donets , Geybel , Korotyshkin , Sukhorukov )
2010 : United States (Thoman , Alexandrov , Lochte , Weber-Gale )
2012 : United States (Grevers , Cordes , Shields , Lochte )
2014 : Brazil (Guido , Silva , Macedo , Cielo )
2016 : Russia (Shabasov , Prigoda , Kharlanov , Morozov )
2018 : United States (Murphy , Wilson , Dressel , Held )
2021 : Italy (Mora , Martinenghi , Rivolta , Miressi )
2022 : Australia (Cooper , Yong , Temple , Chalmers ) United States (Murphy , Fink , Julian , Smith )
1985: USA (McCadam , Heath , Wallace , Biondi )
1987: USA (Jacobs , Oppel , Dalbey , Biondi )
1989: USA (Lang , Olsen , Gjertsen , Jager )
1991: USA (Jordan , Jager , Olsen , Biondi )
1993: USA (Hudepohl , Pepper , Fox , Olsen )
1995: USA (Fox , Hudepohl , Olsen , Hall )
1997: USA (Tucker , Schumacher , Olsen , Walker )
1999: Australia (Klim , English , Fydler , Thorpe )
2002: Australia (Callus , Pearson , Hackett , Thorpe )
2006: USA (Phelps , Walker , Jones , Lezak )
2010: USA (Phelps , Lochte , Lezak , Adrian )
2014: Australia (D'Orsogna , Magnussen , Abood , McEvoy )
2018: Brazil (Santos , Chierighini , Ferreira Jr. , Spajari )
1962–1966: 4×110 yards
1970–present: 4×100 metres
1962 : Dickson , Rose , Doak , Phelps (AUS )
1966 : Dickson , Ryan , Wenden , Windle (AUS )
1970 : White , Rogers , Wenden , Devenish (AUS )
1974 : Phillips , Robertson , MacDonald , MacKenzie (CAN )
1978 : Sawchuk , MacDonald , Smith , Szmidt (CAN )
1982 : Brewer , Fasala , Delany , Brooks (AUS )
1986 : Fasala , Stockwell , Renshaw , Brooks (AUS )
1990 : Baildon , Fydler , Vander-Wal , Cooper (AUS )
1994 : Baildon , Fydler , Lange , Sheehan (AUS )
1998 : Callus , Fydler , Thorpe , Klim (AUS )
2002 : Callus , Pearson , Hackett , Thorpe (AUS )
2006 : Zandberg , Ferns , Schoeman , Neethling (RSA )
2010 : Richardson , Sullivan , D'Orsogna , Magnussen (AUS )
2014 : D'Orsogna , Abood , Magnussen , McEvoy (AUS )
2018 : McEvoy , Magnussen , Cartwright , Chalmers (AUS )
2022 : Southam , Incerti , Yang , Chalmers (AUS )
1934: 3×100 yards
1938 – 1954: 3×110 yards
1958 – 1966: 4×110 yards
1970 – present: 4×100 metres
1934 : Gazell , Burleigh , Puddy (CAN )
1938 : Dove , Davies , Taylor (ENG )
1950 : Hale , Kendall , Romain (ENG )
1954 : Weld , Hawkins , Henricks (AUS )
1958 : Chapman , Monckton , Devitt , Gathercole (AUS )
1962 : Dickson , O'Brien , Carroll , Berry (AUS )
1966 : Gilchrist , Chase , Hutton , Jacks (CAN )
1970 : MacDonald , Kasting , Mahony , Kennedy (CAN )
1974 : Phillips , Robertson , Pickell , Mahony (CAN )
1978 : Sawchuk , Thompson , Smith , Tapp (CAN )
1982 : Orbell , Sieben , Brooks , Evans (AUS )
1986 : Tewksbury , Davis , Ponting , Baumann (CAN )
1990 : Cleveland , Gery , Tewksbury , Ponting (CAN )
1994 : Fydler , Rogers , Miller , Dewick (AUS )
1998 : Watson , Cowley , Huegill , Klim (AUS )
2002 : Welsh , Piper , Huegill , Thorpe (AUS )
2006 : Welsh , Rickard , Klim , Sullivan (AUS )
2010 : Delaney , Rickard , Huegill , Sullivan (AUS )
2014 : Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Barrett , Brown (ENG )
2018 : Larkin , Packard , Irvine , Chalmers (AUS )
2022 : Williams , Wilby , Guy , Dean (ENG )