Patrick Murphy (swimmer)

Patrick Murphy
Personal information
Full namePatrick Murphy
National team Australia
Born (1984-02-22) 22 February 1984
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke
ClubMLC Aquatic, Melbourne Vicentre
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle
2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
2005 Montreal 4×200 m freestyle
2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle
2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle

Patrick Murphy (born 22 February 1984) is an Australian sprint freestyle and backstroke swimmer. He is an Australian relay team veteran since 2005. He has four FINA world championship medals and two Olympic bronze medals. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

In April 2014, Murphy was named an Athlete Role Model for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.