Nic Ffrost
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Nicholas David Ffrost is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n freestyle
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 swimmer and a Relay veteran, since 2006 he has contributed to the 4x200m freestyle relay to capture 8 international medals.

Ffrost's first international meet was the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...

 in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Ffrost competed in the 4x200m 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 200m freestyle, finishing 8th place. He placed 11th in the 400m freestyle semi finals, but did not advance to the finals.

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
2007 World Aquatics Championships
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007...

 in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Ffrost competed in the 4x200m 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
Patrick Murphy (swimmer)
Patrick Murphy is an Australian sprint freestyle and backstroke swimmer. He is an Australian relay team veteran since 2005. He has captured 4 World Championship medals and 2 Olympic medals....

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He was selected in the squad for the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

. He helped Australia qualify sixth in the heats, and did well enough for the selectors to retain him for the final. He swam the anchor leg as Australia took bronze.

He returned to his relay duties in 2009 for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
2009 World Aquatics Championships
The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...

, contributing another 200m free leg for the 4x200 freestyle team, to capture bronze behind Team USA and the Russian Federation.

In 2010, at the Telstra Australian championships, he won the 200m 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 Pacs and Commonwealth, however he picked up bronze at Pan Pacs and gold at Commonwealth in the 4x200m freestyle relays.

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