Emma McKeon

Emma McKeon

Emma McKeon

Emma McKeon, OAM is an Australian athlete- a competitive professional swimmer. She began her swimming at the early age of her schooling time. Her inspiration in swimming came due to her Father Ron McKeon and brother David McKeon. At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, she competed and won a gold medal in the girls’ 4 × 100-meter medley relay; silver medals in the 100-meter freestyle and the mixed 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay; and bronze medals in the 50-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, and mixed 4 × 100-meter medley relay.

Emma is best known to win six medals, including two gold, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, eleven medals, including one gold, at the World Aquatics Championships; and twelve medals, including eight gold, at the 2014 Glasgow and 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Emma swam the third leg of the 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay that won a gold medal in a world record time of 3:29.69. in the final race on the first finals session of the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, The next day, she went on to win bronze in the 100-meter butterfly with a new Australian record of 55.72.

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