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Nicholas James D'Arcy (born 23 July 1987)〔(D'Arcy's bio ) from Swimming Australia; updated 2010-06-16, retrieved 2010-07-06.〕 is a national-record holding butterfly swimmer from Australia. He was removed from Australia's 2008 Olympic team due to a violent altercation that happened shortly after the Australian Olympic Trials.〔(Australian D'Arcy charged over pub brawl ). Published by Reuters on 2008-03-31; retrieved 2010-07-06.〕〔(Olympic dreams dashed ) by Jacquelin Magnay and Tim Dick. Published by The Age on 2008-04-19; retrieved 2010-07-06.〕 He was also removed from Australia's team to the 2009 World Championships after being convicted for the same incident.〔(Nick D'Arcy Being Jerked Around ) by John Lohn. Published by ''Swimming World Magazine'' on 2009-04-10; retrieved 2010-07-06.〕〔(How many times must Nick D'Arcy pay for his moment of madness? ) by Craig Hackney for sportingo.com. Published 2009-04-07; retrieved 2010-07-06.〕〔(Nick D'Arcy sacked from World Championship swim team ) by Laine Clark, The Daily Telegraph. Published 2009-04-07, retrieved 2010-07-06.〕 In March 2012 D'arcy was selected as a team member for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was raised in Queensland on the Sunshine Coast but currently lives in Brisbane.〔 == Career == At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Victoria, D'Arcy competed in the 200 m butterfly, where he came 14th in the heats in a time of 1 min 57.88 s, scraping into the semifinals by 0.09 s. He improved his time to 1 min 57.15 s to finish 12th, missing the final by 0.68 s. The 2008 Australian Swimming Championships held in March in Sydney, were used to select the Australian swimming team for the Beijing Olympics. D'Arcy broke the Australian record for the 200 m butterfly in the semifinals, before setting a new Commonwealth record of 1 m 55.10 s in the final. The victory earned D'Arcy selection for the Olympics and was the tenth fastest time ever recorded in the event. The 2009 Australian Swimming Championships held in March in Sydney, which are used to select the Australian swimming team for the 2009 World Championships, D'Arcy broke his own Australian Record in the 200 m butterfly in the final, winning in 1:54.46.〔(Nick D'Arcy puts head down amid crisis ) by Jenny McAsey, ''The Australian''. Published 2009-04-09; Retrieved 2010-07-10.〕〔(Stephanie Rice books Rome world title ticket as Nick D'Arcy leaps first hurdle ), AAP. Published 2009-03-17; Retrieved 2010-07-10.〕 In March 2010, he qualified for Australia's teams to the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships.〔(Team List - 2010 Pan Pacific Championships Team ) from Swimming Australia. Retrieved 2010-07-06.〕 He came second at the Pan Pacific Championships behind Michael Phelps. Prior to competing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, an out of competition drug test revealed the presence of formoterol. Although there were initial concerns, the drug was permitted as an asthma medication under special exemptions, and it was later revealed that the problem was the result of a mistake in processing paperwork for his exemption. The exemption was provided and backdated, and D'Arcy was permitted to compete in the games. At the Commonwealth Games, D'Arcy was expected to take home the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly as his fastest time for the year was more than two seconds faster than any of the other entrants, but he failed to qualify for the final after a slow heat. On 20 June 2011, D'Arcy won the 200m Butterfly at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix, beating 14-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps in a time of 1 m 55.39 s. D’Arcy trailed Phelps for practically the entire race before pipping him at the final touch. D'arcy won Gold in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 1 m 54.71 s at the 2012 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide. At the conclusion of the championships on 22 March, D'arcy was named as a member of the Australian swimming team for the London Olympics. at the London 2012 Olympics Nick D'Arcy was eliminated in the semi-finals. 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「Nick D'Arcy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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