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Apr 20, 2024 · 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 at a single Olympics. McKeon had earlier won four medals at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Aug 23, 2021 · If you watched swimming in Tokyo, you learned that Australian sprinter Emma McKeon is a sprinting powerhouse! With 11 Olympic medals, Emma is the most decorated Australian Olympian of all time, in any sport!
- 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.
2017 FINA World Championships. On Day one, McKeon helped her Aussie teammates to a silver medal in the 4×100 freestyle relay, splitting 52.29. In the final of the 100m butterfly on day two...
Aug 2, 2021 · Emma McKeon rounded out her stint at the Tokyo Olympics with four gold medals and three bronze medals, cementing her place in history by becoming the most decorated Australian athlete at a single Olympics. As has been pointed out repeatedly since Sunday, if McKeon were a nation, she would be ranked 13 th on the medal tally, ahead of Canada.
