Achievements
Training with Dean Boxall at St Western in Brisbane, Clyde Lewis bounced onto the international swimming scene at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Singapore when he won gold in the Men’s 200m Individual Medley. Later that year he picked up five gold medals, two silver and one bronze at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa.
He made his Australian Dolphins debut at the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Windsor. In 2018, the 21-year-old helped the 4x200m men’s relay team to silver at the Pan Pacific Championships before securing a gold medal in the 400m individual medley and a bronze in the 200m event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2019 World Championships Clyde kicked it up a gear, pushing his competitors all the way in the 100m and 200m freestyle and swimming his career-best times. In the semi-finals of the 200m freestyle, Clyde clocked a time of 1:44.90, making him the second fastest Australian of all time and the fastest time of 2019 so far.
Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast, Australia 2018
- Won gold in the Men’s 400m Individual Medley
- Won bronze in the Men’s 200m Individual Medley
World Short Course
Windsor, Canada 2016
- Placed 4th in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
World Championships
Budapest, Hungary 2017
- Placed 4th in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Gwangju, South Korea 2019
- Won gold in the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (CR)
- Won silver in the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Won bronze in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Placed 6th in the Men's 200m Freestyle
- Placed equal 10th in the Men's 100m Freestyle
Pan Pacific Championship
Toyko, Australia 2018
- Won silver in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
In The Pool
Commonwealth Games
Pan Pacific Championships
World Championships - Long Course
Records
- Commonwealth Records
Event | Time | Location | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 4x200m Freestyle |
7:00.05 Clyde Lewis (1:45.58) |
Gwangju - World Championships | 27 July 2019 |
Q&A with Clyde
- What are your hobbies outside of swimming?
- My career aspiration outside of swimming
- What is something interesting people don't know about you?
- What's your nickname?
- What's your favourite swimming memory?
- Three words that best describe you?
- Fun
- Friendly
- Energy
I play guitar with my friend we try and do covers of songs. It’s a great distraction from the pool. I also like to play video games.
I'm studying primary education so I’d like to be a primary school teacher. I got the idea from doing appearances with kids and at schools.
I was state ping pong champion in year 5 and my mum didn’t let me go to nationals in Perth because she thought it was stupid.
McQueen!
Winning the 400m individual medley at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.