| Guy Harrison-Murray | |
| Fullname: | Guy Harrison-Murray |
| Nationality: | / |
| Classification: | S10, SB10, SM10 |
| Strokes: | Freestyle |
| Club: | Perth City |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Bath, England |
Guy Harrison-Murray (born 17 April 1997) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]
Harrison-Murray was born on 17 April 1997 in Bath, England.[2] He was born with congenital bilateral talipes, a condition where his tendons on the inside of his leg are shortened, the bones have an unusual shape and the Achilles tendon is tightened.[3] In 2011, he moved with his family to Perth, Western Australia.[3] In January 2015, he was granted Australian citizenship that would allow him to compete for Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[3] He attended the International School of Western Australia.[4]
Harrison-Murray took up swimming at the age of three.[4] He is classified as an S10 swimmer.[2] He made his debut for Australia at the 2014 Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.[5] At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points.[6] He finished fourth in the Men's 400m Freestyle S10, sixth in the Men's 100m Freestyle S10 and seventh in the Men's 50m Freestyle S10.[7]
In February 2014, he was a member of a team that won the Mixed Team category at the Rottnest Channel Swim.[8] In 2015, he was coached by Jan Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast.[9] Previously, he was coached by Ian Mills at the Perth City Swim Club.[8]
In 2016, he competed in three events at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Harrison-Murray finished eighth in Men's 400m Freestyle S10, seventh in Men's 50m Freestyle S10 but didn't progress to the finals in Men's 100m Freestyle S10.[10]