6'4" (1.93m) 220 lb. (95 kg) Kenrick Monk (born in 1988 in Blacktown,
New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian swimmer who competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 202 Summer Olympics in London, as
well as at an international level through the World and Pan-Pacific
Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
I'm sure he swims real
fast but more interesting is how he constantly makes boo boos. He
was photographed with another total hottie, Nick d'Arcy, posing with
guns. Then they put the picture on facebook and got in trouble for it.
They had to leave the London Olympics early right after their
performance. Oops!
Then they got banned from using Facebook
and were caught uploading photos again before the ban had expired. Oops
oops!
In September 2010, Monk was involved in an accident that
put his 2011/2012 season in doubt, in which he fractured his elbow in
two places during the leadup to the 2012 Olympic Games. Monk claimed to
have been deliberately hit by a car while riding his bike, and a police
investigation was launched. However, after a witness emerged who
contradicted Monk's statement, it was revealed that he had not been
involved in a hit-and-run, but had instead fallen off his skateboard and
lied about the cause of the accident. Monk stated that his fabrication
was to hide the true cause, as he was "not supposed to be engaging in
dangerous or high impact sports". As a result of making a false
statement to police, Monk faced a possible $0,000 fine, three-year jail
term and disciplinary action from Swimming Australia. In late November,
2010, the Queensland Police Service announced that they would not be
pursuing charges, but he was fined by Swimming Australia and received a
letter of reprimand from the Queensland police. In response, the
president of the Queensland Police Union spoke out against the decision,
arguing against Swimming Australia's defense of Monk, and stated that
"The public rightly expect that no one should deliberately waste the
time of police, whether they be wannabe B-grade celebrity athletes like
this modern-day 'boy who cried wolf', Kenrick Monk, or just regular
people."
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