Nick Ffrost

This article is about the Australian Olympic swimmer. For the British actor, see Nick Frost.

Nicholas David Ffrost^[1] (born 14 August 1986) is an Australian freestyle swimmer and relay veteran who has contributed to the Australian 4×200-metre freestyle relay to capture 8 international medals. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[2] Ffrost's first international meet was the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Ffrost competed in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. He swam the first leg in the final to help Australia win the bronze medal. He went on to make the final in the individual 200-metre freestyle, finishing 8th place. He placed 11th in the 400-metre freestyle semi-finals, but did not advance to the finals.

Nick Ffrost

Personal information
Full name	Nicholas David Ffrost
Nickname	"Nick"
National team	Australia
Born	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38) Mackay, Queensland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2006 Victoria 4×200 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 4×200 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 4×200 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 4×200 m freestyle

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Ffrost competed in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. He swam the anchor leg in the heats to help Australia qualify second fastest. Australia went on to finish second in the final, although Ffrost was dropped for Patrick Murphy. He was selected in the squad for the 4×200-metre freestyle relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

He helped Australia qualify sixth in the heats, and did well enough for the selectors to retain him for the final alongside former training partner Grant Brits. He swam the anchor leg as Australia took bronze.^[3] He returned to his relay duties in 2009 for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, contributing another 200-metre freestyle leg for the 4×200-metre freestyle team, to capture bronze behind the Americans and Russians. In 2010, at the Telstra Australian championships, he won the 200-metre freestyle in the time of 1:47.50, he followed up with winning the same event at the Australian Short course Championships in July. He failed to make the individual finals at both Pan Pacific Championships and Commonwealth, however he picked up bronze at Pan Pacs and gold at the Commonwealth Games in the 4×200-metre freestyle relays.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

1. "Results – Tuesday 5 October". BBC Sport. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
2. AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Nicholas Ffrost". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 November 2006.

External links

• Nick Ffrost on Twitter