Zac Incerti
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Zac Incerti (swimming) won three gold medals for relay swims and reached the final of the 100m freestyle at his second Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Late to competitive swimming – he didn’t take the sport seriously until he left high school – Zac made his first senior Dolphins team for the Budapest 2017 World Championships. Next came his first senior Australian title in the 100m backstroke in 2018 before he completed the podium for Australia in the 50m backstroke at his Commonwealth Games debut on the Gold Coast behind Mitch Larkin and Ben Treffers and won gold in the 4x100m freestyle He went on to claim two bronze medals in freestyle relays at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Growing up in the West Australian town of Broome, Zac left the Kimberley to board at Aquinas College in Perth when he was 13. After training with Mick Palfrey in Perth for seven years, Zac opted to move to Adelaide after the Tokyo Olympics to join best mate Kyle Chalmers under Peter Bishop at Marion.
Zac dabbles in stand-up comedy in his spare time and is also a strong advocate for mental health awareness, after struggling through his own battles with anxiety and depression.
Results History
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Additional Information
Languages Spoken:
Ping Pong Table.
Are you a citizen of a country other than Australia? If yes, please provide details?
No
Club details:
UWA West Coast
Why did you begin your sport?
Bit of Fun.
Do you have any pre-competition routines or rituals?
First Day of the meet I walk a lap of the pool.
What is your most memorable sporting achievement?
Making the 2017 World Championships team
Who is your hero / idol, and why? Have you ever met them?
Conor MacGregor, His confidence and the way he is able to visualize his success.
Who has been the most influential person or people in your career and why?
My Coach, Micheal Palfrey. Hes coached me for 3 years and he discovered me and brought me down to WAIS. I'm from Broome
Do you have any hobbies away from your sport?
Body Board. I'm a fan of all sports.
What is your sporting ambition?
I want to be the Medals in 2 strokes at an Olympic Games.
