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May 20, 2024 · Emma McKeon is the most successful Australian athlete in Olympic history, the winner of 11 medals. At the 2020 Games in Tokyo she made history by becoming the first female swimmer and the first Australian to win seven medals at a single Olympics. McKeon had earlier won four medals at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Emma Jennifer McKeon, AM (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the 2020 Olympic Games made her Australia's most decorated Olympian and included one gold medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics ...
- McKeon has swimming DNA. Some Olympians stumble upon their sports by chance, but the same could not be said of McKeon, who comes from strong swimming stock.
- Break from competition after London trials. Despite showing a lot of promise as a junior swimmer, McKeon suffered her first heartbreaking moment at the London 2012 Olympic Trials.
- A brain for nutrition. It’s not only in the pool where McKeon has been successful over the past few years. In 2019 she completed a bachelor’s degree in health promotion and public health nutrition, taking one or two courses each semester.
- She enjoys a sweet treat. Being a professional athlete with a nutrition degree means that McKeon eats healthily... most of the time. However, she does enjoy a good cheat meal too.
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The Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be Emma McKeon’s last, and she plans to go out in style. After making her Olympic debut at Rio 2016, the Australian swimmer became her nation’s most decorated Olympian ever , boasting a medal tally of five gold, two silver, and four bronze medals to date.
209K Followers, 566 Following, 911 Posts - Emma McKeon (@emmamckeon) on Instagram: "11 x Olympic Medalist Wollongong/Gold Coast 🇦🇺 @unicefaustralia ambassador".
Jul 31, 2022 · Emma McKeon has written her name into the history books as the most successful athlete in Commonwealth Games history after winning her 11th gold medal in the women’s 50m freestyle, as the ...
Jul 31, 2021 · It is Emma McKeon of Australia, whose haul of seven medals ties her for the record by any female Olympian, set in 1952 at the Helsinki Games by the gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya of the Soviet...
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