Telstra Swimming Championships
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The Telstra Australian Swimming Championships is Swimming Australia
's top domestic swimming
competition.
The venue of the first edition of the championships was Wylie's Baths
near Coogee Beach.
Held annually, the championships usually also double as a selection event for international competitions that year such as:
The Australian Championships are the second toughest domestic competition in the world behind the United States.
The state that wins the most points at the championships is awarded the Kieran Shield, named in memory of Barney B. Kieran, a swimmer from New South Wales, who was a world record holder, and who died, aged 18, in 1905.
The 1990 Australian Swimming Championships saw events for disabled athletes added for the first time.
Swimming Australia
Swimming Australia is the peak governing body for competitive swimming in Australia. The body currently has approximately 90,000 registered members nationally in 1100 clubs across the country, which includes swimmers, coaches, officials, administrators and volunteers...
's top domestic swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
competition.
The venue of the first edition of the championships was Wylie's Baths
Wylie's Baths
Wylie's Baths is a tidal pool near Coogee Beach, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, noted for holding the first Australian Swimming Championships, and for being one of the first swimming baths for mixed gender swimming in Australia. Wylie's Baths was built in 1907 by...
near Coogee Beach.
Held annually, the championships usually also double as a selection event for international competitions that year such as:
- FINA World Championships
- Olympic GamesOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
- Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
- Pan Pacific Swimming ChampionshipsPan Pacific Swimming ChampionshipsThe Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. The meet was initially staged biennially , to allow for an international championship-level meet in the non-Olympic and non-World Championships years...
The Australian Championships are the second toughest domestic competition in the world behind the United States.
The state that wins the most points at the championships is awarded the Kieran Shield, named in memory of Barney B. Kieran, a swimmer from New South Wales, who was a world record holder, and who died, aged 18, in 1905.
The 1990 Australian Swimming Championships saw events for disabled athletes added for the first time.