Emma McKeon
Emma McKeon 
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McKeon (2016) |
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| Surname: | Emma McKeon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | May 24, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Wollongong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 181 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma McKeon (born May 24, 1994 in Wollongong ) is an Australian swimmer . In the Summer Olympic Games was in 2016 with the 4-x-100-meter freestyle relay Olympic champion . In the 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 200 m freestyle, she set world records in the relay .
Career
McKeon won her first World Championship medal at the 2010 Short Course World Championships: bronze with the 4 x 100 m individual medley relay by participating in the preliminary run. At the 2013 World Swimming Championships , McKeon won three silver medals: over 4 x 100 m freestyle with participation in the finals as well as 4 x 200 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m individual medley by participating in the preliminary run. Two years later, McKeon became world champion for the first time with her victory in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay .
McKeon won four medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . With the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, she was together with Brittany Elmslie , Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell with a new world record in the final Olympic champion. McKeon won a silver medal in the 4 x 200 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley. She won bronze in the 200 m freestyle discipline. In the 100 m butterfly, McKeon came in sixth after swimming the second best time in the semi-finals after Olympic champion Sarah Sjöström . After the Olympics, McKeon was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia .
McKeon won three gold medals at the 2019 World Swimming Championships . With the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay, she set a new world record in the final .
Web links
- Emma McKeon at FINA
- Emma McKeon on swimswam.com
- Emma McKeon at Swimming Australia
Individual evidence
- ↑ All 15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Results By OMEGA. Retrieved August 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Tim Barrow: Order of Australia Medal winner McKeon in pursuit of more gold. January 26, 2017, accessed August 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Andy Ross: Emma McKeon, Ariarne Titmus, Brianna Throssell & Madison Wilson Break 4 × 200 Free Shiny-Suit World Record For Australia. Retrieved August 20, 2020 .
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| SURNAME | McKeon, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wollongong |