| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Jon Sieben |
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| Men’s Swimming | |||
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1984 Los Angeles | 200 m butterfly | |
| Bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | 4 × 100 m medley | |
| Pan Pacific Games | |||
| Silver | 1985 Tokyo | 100 m butterfly | |
| Silver | 1987 Brisbane | 100 m butterfly | |
Jonathan ("Jon") Scott Sieben (born August 24, 1966) is an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m butterfly at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course Swimming event first held in 1985. The first edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m event was held in 1985 in Tokyo Japan after discussions between the The second edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m event was held in 1987 in Brisbane Australia, from August 13 Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles,
Hailing from Brisbane, Queensland, Sieben was coached by Laurie Lawrence, and made his debut at the young age of 15 at the Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games, where he captured a bronze in the 200 m butterfly, as well as gold in the medley relay. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Laurie Joseph Lawrence (born October 14, 1941), is an Australian Swimming coach. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September&mdash9 October 1982 Sieben and Lawrence continued their preparation for Los Angeles, but were given little chance. Sieben was known to his friends as The Shrimp, as he stood just 173 cm, in contrast to the dominant swimmer of the time, West Germany's Michael Gross, the world record holder, known as The albatross with his 200 cm frame and 225 cm wingspan. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Michael Gross (born June 17, 1964 in Frankfurt am Main) is a former swimmer from Germany. He also faced the 100 m butterfly world record holder, the United States' Pablo Morales. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pedro Pablo Morales (born December 5, 1964 in Chicago Illinois) was an Olympic swimmer for the United States. Sieben swum in the wake of Gross and Morales in the first 150 m, before storming home in the last 50 m to claim the gold medal in a world record time of 1 m 57. 04 s, more than four seconds faster than he had ever swum before. He also collected a bronze medal after swimming in the preliminaries of the medley relay. He was named the Young Australian of the Year. The Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1960. From nominations received Australia Day Committees in each state and territory select several finalists
By the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Sieben's ability had waned, and the selectors did not choose him for the 200 m butterfly. The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event staged in 1988 in He finished sixth in the 100 m butterfly. He continued onto the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, but he failed to reach any finals. The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona,
References
- Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games.
- Howell, Max (1986). Aussie Gold.
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Michael Gross |
Men's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) August 3, 1984 – June 29, 1985 |
Succeeded by Michael Gross |
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