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{{short description|Australian swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Ashley Delaney
| image          = Ashley Delaney (746968743).jpg
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| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| fullname       = Ashley Jason Delaney
| nickname       = "Ash"
| national_team  = {{AUS}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1986|4|11|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Sale, Victoria]]
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| website        = {{Official URL}}
| strokes        = [[Backstroke swimming|backstroke]]
| club           = Northcote Swimming Club
| collegeteam    = 
| coach          = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's swimming }}
{{MedalCountry | Australia }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]] | [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2008 Manchester]] | 50 m backstroke }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2010 Irvine]] | [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke|50 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Irvine | [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Irvine | [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke|50 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]] }}
}}

'''Ashley Jason Delaney''' (born 11 April 1986)<ref>[http://www.clubsonline.com.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_image_listing&CategoryID=3386&itemLayout=1&headerselector=3&orgid=2075 Delaney's bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004012852/http://www.clubsonline.com.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_image_listing&CategoryID=3386&itemLayout=1&headerselector=3&orgid=2075 |date=4 October 2009 }} from [[Swimming Australia]]; updated 2010-06-16, retrieved 2010-07-06.</ref> is a national-record holding and Olympic and world championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia, who competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180805112551/https://northcote.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=152638&id=8369]

== Career ==
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His first international success came at the [[2006 Oceania Swimming Championships|2006 Oceania Championships]], where he set the [[List of Oceania Championships records in swimming|Championships Records]] in the 50&nbsp;m, 100&nbsp;m and 200&nbsp;m backstroke.

At the [[2008 Australian Swimming Championships|2008 Telstra Trials]] he qualified in the 100&nbsp;m and the 200&nbsp;m backstroke, placing first and second respectively to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He left Beijing with a silver in the 4&nbsp;×&nbsp;100&nbsp;m medley relay, and a fifth-place finish in the 100m backstroke.

In 2009, he won all three backstroke events at the [[2009 Australian Swimming Championships|2009 Telstra Trials]], setting national records in the 50 and 200&nbsp;m. At the World Championships, with arguably Australia's strongest leg absent (freestyler [[Eamon Sullivan]]), the medley relay team was overhauled by Germany, finishing with bronze.

In 2010 Delany was bested by longtime rival [[Hayden Stoeckel]] in all three backstrokes at the [[2010 Australian Swimming Championships|Australian Championships]]. At the [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]], Delaney won bronze in the 100&nbsp;m backstroke. He backed up his form on the second night, taking silver in the 50&nbsp;m. Night 3 saw him finish 4th in the 200m backstroke. On the final night Delaney collected another bronze in the medley relay.

==Career Best Times==

{|
|-
||
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Long Course Personal bests
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Event'''
| align="center" | '''Time'''
| align="center" | '''Record'''
|-
|  50m Backstroke || align="center" | 24.81
| align="center" | Former AUS Record Holder
|-
|  100m Backstroke || align="center" | 53.10
| align="center" | Former AUS Record Holder
|-
|  200m Backstroke || align="center" | 1:55.82
| align="center" | Former AUS Record Holder
|}
||
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Short Course Personal bests
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Event'''
| align="center" | '''Time'''
| align="center" | '''Record'''
|-
|  50m Backstroke || align="center" | 23.39
|
|-
|  100m Backstroke || align="center" | 50.18
| align="center" | Former AUS Record Holder
|-
|  200m Backstroke || align="center" | 1:49.62
| align="center" | Former AUS Record Holder
|}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* {{World Aquatics|1001165}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424062348/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=12374 |title=Ashley Delaney at Swimming Australia |date=dmy}}
* {{AOC profile|ashley-delaney}}
* {{CGA profile|ashley-delaney}}
* {{Olympics.com|ashley-delaney|org_archive=20200125030417}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Ash Delaney}}

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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Sale, Victoria]]
[[Category:Australian male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Australia]]
[[Category:Australian Institute of Sport swimmers]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)]]