Career
His first international success came at the 2006 Oceania Championships, where he set the Championships Records in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m backstroke. At the 2008 Telstra Trials he qualified in the 100 m and the 200 m backstroke, placing first and second respectively to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He left Beijing with a silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, and a fifth-place finish in the 100m backstroke.
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.
He backed up his form on the second night, taking silver in the 50 m. Night 3 saw him finish 4th in the 200m backstroke.
On the final night Delaney collected another bronze in the medley relay.
