Patrick Dwyer (athlete)

Patrick Dwyer ( born November 3, 1977 in Wagga Wagga ) is an Australian sprinter who specializes in the 400 -meter run.

In 2000 he became an Australian national champion over 400 meters and qualified so to participate in the Olympic Games in Sydney. In the 400 -meter run, he reached the semi-final round. With the Australian 4 x 400 - meter relay team, he finished seventh. The squadron was the first goal reached as the eighth, however, moved in the standings ahead of one rank after the American squadron had been disqualified.

After he even reached at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester in the relay to fifth place, the biggest success of his career followed in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Together with John Steffensen, Mark Ormrod and Clinton Hill he won in 3:00,60 min surprising silver medal behind the U.S. season. 2009 Dwyer's silver medal was stolen from his apartment.

Patrick Dwyer has a competition weight of 81 kg at a height of 1.86 m.

Bests

• 200 m: 20.60 s, December 20, 1997, Sydney
• 400 m: 44.73 s, March 24, 2000, Pretoria