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Darren Niel Lange (born 5 August 1971) is a former freestyle swimming champion from Australia. As a 15-year-old boy from regional Toowoomba, Darren dreamed of swimming for his country at the Olympics Games. Darren competed ion the Australian Olympic trials on three occasions to qualify for an Australian Team but fell short. In 1991 he qualified for the World Championship Team. Darren went on to represent Australia on eleven national teams including the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Two years later Darren achieved gold and silver medals at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. While still competing internationally during 1994, Darren began a business career and founded the Darren Lange Swimming Academy, now one of southeast Queensland's largest swim schools.〔(Darren Lange Swimming Academy )〕 In 1998 after being out of the water for two years, Darren refocused his goals on making it back onto the Australian Swim Team and was selected to represent Australia at the European World Cup series as well as the Short Course World Championships. Darren then went on to win a silver medal at the Sheffield World Cup and place 6th in the World Championships in the 50-metre freestyle in a personal best time of 22.12 seconds. On 23 June 2000, Lange was awarded the Australian Sports Medal.〔(Australian Sports Medal )〕 The (Australian Sports Medal ) commemorates the efforts of those who have achieved in Australian sport. With the goal of performing on the world swimming stage now achieved, Darren turned his attention back to his business career with the purchase of Bird Pool Services in 2006, now rebranded Lange Pool and Spa./〔(Lange Pool and Spa )〕 ==Life highlights== * Gained a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in 1988. * Made 1st Australian Team in 1990. * Awarded the 1991 Australian Swimming's 'Male Rookie of the Year'. * Gold and Silver medalist 1991 US Open Winter Championships. * Former Commonwealth Record Holder for the 4 × 100 m freestyle. * Highest ranking of 8th fastest in the world. 1992 50m freestyle. * Winner of the Darling Downs Sportsman of the Year award 3 times from 1991 through 1993. * Ranked number 1 in Australia for the 50m freestyle 1993 and 1994. * Represented Australia on 11 National Teams. * Gold and Silver medalist at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. * 1992 Barcelona Olympic representative. * Multiple Pan Pacific Championship medalist. * Multiple World Championship finalist. * Multiple World Cup medalist. * Awarded the (Australia Sports Medal ) commemorating the efforts of Australians who have achieved sporting excellence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Darren Lange」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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