Mitch Larkin

Mitch Larkin is an Australian former competitive swimmer who specialised in backstroke events. Born in 1993, he swam for Australia at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the 100 metre backstroke final at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow he won the 200 metre backstroke and took silver in the 50 and 100 metre backstroke. In 2015 he won both the 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, and in November that year he broke the short course world record for the 200 metre backstroke. At a later Commonwealth Games he won five golds, including all three backstroke events, a record for a single Games event. He also swam for the Cali Condors in the International Swimming League.