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Samuel Short (born 17 September 2003) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He won the gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 2023 World Championships, and is the Australian record holder in the 800 m freestyle.

Career

2022

In May 2022, Short competed at the Australian Championships in Adelaide. He came third in the 400 m freestyle with a personal best of 3:44.34.[1] He then came second in the 800 m freestyle in a time of 7:48.65, another personal best.[2] On the final day of competition, Short swam the 1500 m freestyle. He unintentionally stopped swimming at the 1400 m mark, but later resumed swimming and won the event. His final time was slower than the qualifying time, but he was granted a place in the event since he was already on the team and had met the qualifying time during a previous competition.[3]

In June 2022, Short competed at the World Championships in Budapest. In the 800 m freestyle, he finished ninth in a time of 7:48.28, missing the final by 0.82 seconds.[4] He then swam the third leg of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, splitting 1:46.44. Australia won the silver medal in an overall time of 7:03.50.[5] His final event was the 1500 m freestyle, where he finished fourteenth.[6]

In August 2022, at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Short won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle in a time of 3:45.07.[7] He later won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle with a personal best time of 14:48.54.[8]

2023

In April 2023, at the Australian Championships on the Gold Coast, Short went a personal best of 3:42.46 in the 400 m freestyle.[9] He later swam the 800 m freestyle, recording 7:42.96 for another personal best.[10]

In June 2023, Short competed at the Australian Trials in Melbourne, Short won the 800 m freestyle in 7:40.39, breaking Ian Thorpe‘s Australian Allcomers record of 7:41.59 from 2001.[11] In his final event of the competition, Short went a personal best time of 14:46.67 in the 1500 m freestyle.[12]

In July 2023, Short competed at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka. In the 400 m freestyle, he qualified fastest for the final with a personal best time of 3:42.44.[13][14] In the final, he won the gold medal by 0.02 seconds, recording a time of 3:40.68 to become the fifth-fastest swimmer in history.[15] His next event was the 800 m freestyle, where he won the silver medal. His time of 7:37.76 was a new Australian record, surpassing Grant Hackett‘s mark of 7:38.65 from 2005.[16] Short’s final event was the 1500 m freestyle, where he won bronze in 14:37.28, another personal best time.[17][18]

2024–2025

At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Short was recovering from gastroenteritis.[19] He finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle with a time of 3:42.64, 0.14 seconds behind the bronze medalist.[20] Two days later, he recorded a time of 7:46.75 to finish ninth in the 800 m freestyle, missing the final by 1.24 seconds.[21] His final event was the 1500 m freestyle, where he came thirteenth.[22]

At the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, Short won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle with a time of 3:42.37, 0.02 seconds behind the gold medalist.[23] He swam the heats of the 800 m freestyle, qualifying second-fastest for the final with a time of 7:42.22.[24] He later withdrew from the final, however, due to foodborne illness.[25] He returned to competition in the 1500 m freestyle, recording 14:43.08 to finish fourth in the final.[26]

References

  1. ^ Ben Dornan (18 May 2022). “2022 Australian Trials: Day 1 Finals Live Recap”. SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. ^ Ben Dornan (20 May 2022). “2022 Australian Trials: Day 3 Finals Live Recap”. SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  3. ^ “Swimmer Samuel Short stops two laps early in ‘heartbreaking’ brain fade but still makes Aussie team”. Fox Sports. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ “Heats results” (PDF). omegatiming.com. 20 June 2022.
  5. ^ “Final results” (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 June 2022.
  6. ^ “Heats results” (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
  7. ^ David Rieder (29 July 2022). “Commonwealth Games: Elijah Winnington Backs Up World Title With 400 Free Commonwealth Gold, Leads Australian Sweep”. Swimming World. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  8. ^ Tom Decent (4 August 2022). “Short smashes PB en route to 1500m glory as Australia leave pool with 25 golds”. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  9. ^ Retta Race (17 April 2023). “Sam Short Rips 3:42.46 400 Free As 10th Fastest Performer All-Time”. SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  10. ^ Tom Decent (19 April 2023). “‘I mean business’: The Aussie young gun eyeing Thorpe and Hackett’s records”. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  11. ^ Retta Race (15 June 2023). “Aussie Sam Short Blasts 7:40.39 800 Free To Become 10th Fastest Performer Ever”. SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  12. ^ Retta Race (17 June 2023). “2023 Australian World Championship Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap”. SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  13. ^ “2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men’s 400m Freestyle Heats Results” (PDF). Omega Timing. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  14. ^ Tom Decent (23 July 2023). “World Swimming Championships as it happened: Ariarne Titmus wins gold, breaks world record; Kaylee McKeown disqualified from semi-finals”. The Age. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  15. ^ Retta Race (23 July 2023). “Short & Hafnaoui Enter List Of Top 5 Performers All-Time In 400 Freestyle”. SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  16. ^ Yanyan Li (26 July 2023). “Hafnaoui, Short, Finke, and Wiffen Become #3, #4, #7, And #9 800 Free Performers Ever”. SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  17. ^ “2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final Results” (PDF). Omega Timing. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  18. ^ Tom Decent (15 April 2024). “‘He’s a bit of a villain’: Short confident he can beat Sun Yang in Paris … if he’s there”. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  19. ^ Daniela Intili (3 December 2024). “Australian swim star Sam Short seeks redemption after Paris Olympic Games heartache”. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  20. ^ “2024 Olympic Games – Men’s 400m Freestyle Final Results” (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  21. ^ “2024 Olympic Games – Men’s 800m Freestyle Heats Results” (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  22. ^ “Results” (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  23. ^ “Final results” (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2025.
  24. ^ “Heats results” (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2025.
  25. ^ Tom Decent (31 July 2025). “Marchand stuns world with ‘crazy’ world record in semi-final as O’Callaghan wins more gold”. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  26. ^ “2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final Results” (PDF). Omega Timing. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.