Matt Levy

If there’s one thing Matt Levy hates, it’s losing. Such determination has taken Matt far in life and will take him further as he aims high in his swimming career.

Born at just 25 weeks, 15 weeks premature, Matt has survived 46 operations to get him where he is today.

His greatest sporting moment is breaking the world record in the 200m freestyle short course in 2003. Since then, Matt has competed at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, the 2006 IPC World Swimming Championships and the 2007 Telstra Short Course Championships in Melbourne, where he won four silver and four bronze medals.

Matt admires Lance Armstrong and Ian Thorpe, using them as inspiration as he aims to achieve personal bests each time he races.

In his spare time, Matt enjoys sports trivia, cooking, eating, sleeping and watching movies – typical of many 21 year olds – and believes his parents have been the most influential people in his life.