Jack Cartwright

Queensland swimmer Jack Cartwright is proud of his origins at the Biloela Bluefins, although his first memory of his time at the country swim club is a little painful. 

“I still remember my first club night,” he says. “I dove off the blocks and sunk right to the bottom of the pool and mum had to rescue me.” 

However, a few years after that dunking, Jack emerged as one Australia’s rising talents after picking up six medals at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in 2016, including four golds. At 18, he qualified for his first senior international meet at the 2017 World Championships. 

At the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Jack took on multiple relay duties and came away with gold medals in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay and the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay. 

At the 2024 World Championships in Doha, he was part of the Australian team that won silver in the mixed 4x100m relay. 

He made the finals of the 100m and 200m freestyle at the Australian Championships on the Gold Coast in April. 

After finishing fourth in the 100m freestyle at the Australian Olympic trials in Brisbane in June, Jack will go to Paris as a relay swimmer.