Matt Welsh

World and Olympic accomplishments
Welsh was unable to beat the younger generation at the trials and was not selected to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He also won more Australian swimming titles than any swimmer in history claiming his 50th win at the 2006 Australian titles in Brisbane in December 2006.

Welsh retired from professional swimming in March 2008 when he failed to secure a place in the team for the forthcoming Beijing Olympics. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke during one hour at the World Championships in Shanghai 2006.