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Brayden McCarthy
Brayden McCarthy (Born December 20, 1997) is an Australian Professional Swimmer who specialises in Sprint (50m & 100m) Butterfly & Freestyle. Mccarthy is the 774th member of the Australian Swimming Team competing for Australia at the 13th Edition of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario.

2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
When McCarthy was 16 years old he competed in the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (A sanctioned international competition for people under the age of 18) Held in hawaii. Brayden was apart of the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay earning a silver medal & Placed 4th overall in the 100m Freestyle with a time of 50.36.

2015 Fina World Junior Championships
At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore, Mccarthy won Gold in the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay & Bronze in the 4 x 100m Medley Relay. Australia went on to win the overall medal count and was awarded the best performing country at these championships.

2015 Commonwealth Youth Games
The next month, at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games held in samoa, Mccarthy won 2 Gold Medals in the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay & 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay and 3 silver medals in the 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly & the 4 x 100m Medley relay.

2016 Australian Olympic Trials
In 2016, Mccarthy competed at the Australian Olympic Trials held in Adelaide, the 18 year old competed in the 50m, 100m Butterfly & 50m, 100m Freestyle falling short to qualify for the Australian Olympic Team in the 4 x 100m freestyle Relay while team mate Cameron McEvoy produced the fastest 100m Freestyle textile Suit performance in history (47.04) missing the World Record by only (0.13) Seconds at the event, Mcevoy went on to compete for Australia at the 2016 Olympic Games. .

2016 Fina Airweave World Cup (Singapore)
The Fina World Cup Series saw Mccarthy compete at both Singapore & Tokyo making a name for himself on the international stage Winning a total of 6 medals, 2 gold, 1 silver & 3 Bronze for Australia. Mccarthy posted some world class times in Singapore whilst competing as an 18 year old, finishing behind only Vladimir Morozov and World Record Holder Kyle Chalmers in the 100m Freestyle & Finished behind Pavel Sankovich and former World Record Holder Chad Le Clos in the 100m Butterfly.

2016 Fina Airweave World Cup (Tokyo)
The Tokyo Edition of the 2016 Fina World Cup saw Brayden Mccarthy being selected on the Australian B Team for the 4 x 50m Mixed Freestyle relay, at this competition only (1) Team per Country is allowed to compete in the Finals as Mccarthys Australian B Team edged out the best Australian Team to qualify for the final and win Gold for Australia.

2016 Fina World Swimming Championships (25M)
Following his success at the Fina Airweave World Cup, Mccarthy was Selected onto the Australian Swimming Team to Compete at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario. Mccarthy competed in the 50m, 100m Freestyle & 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay while he claimed in an interview conducted by American Media that this event was by far the most challenging event he's competed in but felt that he belongs on the world stage. Mccarthy produced a season best of 21.78 in the 50m freestyle and produced a 48.03 in the 100m freestyle while backing it up in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay which saw Australia Tie with USA for 3rd place.

2018 Australian Commonwealth Games Trials
In 2018 Brayden Mccarthy competed in the Australian Commonwealth Games Trials looking to Qualify for the Australian Team which was staged in his hometown on the Gold Coast. on the 3rd day of competition Mccarthy competed in the 100m Butterfly Heats producing a time of 52.22 which saw Mccarthy become the fastest overall 100m Butterflyer at the Australian Swimming Trials thus earning a Priority 2 & B Qualifying Selection onto the Australian Commonwealth Games Team to only be sensationally snubbed by the Swimming Australia selectors with no apparent reason as to why they didn't select Mccarthy to represent Australia in his home town.

The very next morning Mccarthy Competed in the Heats of the highly anticipated 50m Freestyle, an event he had been looking to add to his Commonwealth Games Program to Compete against the fastest in the world. Mccarthy was In the one of the final heats of the 50m freestyle as race Officials had invited the athletes in his heat onto the blocks before deeming the crowd too loud to start the race, this heard a notice sound across the stadium that said 'please be quiet for the starting signal' which delayed the race for an extended period of time. As the start of the race was in the officials hands Mccarthy was triggered by a spectator in the crowd behind him between the take your marks & the starting phase of the race, this saw Mccarthy be disqualified by race officials for movement on the block. As Mccarthy finished the race, visually frustrated understanding that he would be disqualified, he proceeded to exit the competition pool with his head down before race officials could dismiss the heat, this earnt him a rare double disqualification.