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Emma McKeon (born May 24, 1994, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) is the most successful Australian athlete in Olympic history, the winner of 11 medals. At the 2020 Games in Tokyo—which were postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic—she made history by becoming the first female swimmer and the first Australian to win seven medals ...
McKeon is one of three children born into a competitive swimming family. Her mother, Susie (née Woodhouse) McKeon, participated in the 1982 Commonwealth Games, and Ron McKeon, her father, swam at the Olympics in 1980 and 1984. David McKeon, her only brother, competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. In addition, Emma McKeon’s uncle, Rob Woodhouse, captured a bronze medal in the 400-meter men’s individual medley at the 1984 Games.
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McKeon grew up swimming in both pools and the ocean. Her first major competition was in 2010 at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. There she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100-meter medley relay. In individual events she won a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle and bronze medals in the 50-meter and the 200-meter freestyle events.
In 2012, at age 17, McKeon narrowly missed earning a spot on the Australian Olympic swim team. Disappointed, she quit competitive swimming. However, by the end of the year she had rededicated herself and returned to swimming. In 2013 she helped her team win silver in the 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay at the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA; later called World Aquatics) World Championships in Barcelona. She won two more silver medals as a preliminary swimmer in relays. (Prelim swimmers compete in the preliminary relay races that determine which teams qualify for the finals. Although prelim swimmers may not participate in the final race, they still win medals for helping the team reach the finals.)
In 2014 McKeon attended the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She won a gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle event, setting an Australian record with a time of 1 min 55.57 sec. She also earned bronze medals in the 100-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly as well as gold medals in three relay events (4 × 100-meter freestyle relay, 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay, and 4 × 100-meter medley relay). At the 2015 world championships in Kazan, Russia, McKeon helped the 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay team win gold and the 4 × 100-meter medley team win bronze.
Over the next few years McKeon continued to perform successfully in competitions. In 2016 she went to Rio de Janeiro to compete in her first Olympics. She won four medals, including a bronze medal in the 200-meter freestyle. As a team member she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay and two silver medals in the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay and the 4 × 100-meter medley relay.
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Jul 31, 2021 · Emma McKeon of Australia during the women’s 50-meter freestyle final at Tokyo Aquatics Center on Sunday. Doug Mills/The New York Times. By Randal C. Archibold. Published July 31, 2021 Updated...
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Aug 1, 2021 · McKeon, the 27-year-old from Wollongong, would star for her nation on the final day of swimming at the Tokyo Games, taking the sprint double with victory in the 50m freestyle, then laying down a commanding butterfly leg in the medley relay to set up Cate Campbell for a famous anchor leg.
