Greatest Australian Swimming Swimmers
The greatest Australian swimming swimmers in history — ranked by career achievements, honours and legacy.
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Browse all 14 australian swimming athletes in our database.
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Ariarne Titmus
Freestyle (Middle-Distance)
Australian middle-distance star who won 400m freestyle gold at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024,…
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Cate Campbell
Freestyle (Sprint)
Australian sprint freestyler who retired after four Olympics with a hat-trick of relay golds and…
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Dawn Fraser
Freestyle (Sprint)
Australian sprint freestyler who dominated the 100m freestyle from 1956 to 1964, winning it at…
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Emma McKeon
Freestyle/Butterfly (Sprint)
Australian sprinter who won 12 Olympic medals across Rio, Tokyo and Paris, more Olympic golds than…
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Grant Hackett
Freestyle (Distance)
Australian distance swimmer who won consecutive Olympic 1500m freestyle titles in 2000 and 2004.
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Ian Thorpe
Freestyle (Middle Distance)
Australian freestyler who won 5 Olympic golds and set 22 world records, becoming the youngest male…
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Kaylee McKeown
Backstroke
Successfully defended both her 100m and 200m backstroke Olympic titles at Paris 2024, becoming the…
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Leisel Jones
Breaststroke
Australian breaststroke specialist who set multiple world records and won Olympic gold in Athens,…
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Mollie O'Callaghan
Freestyle
Australian sprint/middle-distance freestyler who set the 200m freestyle world record and won 5…
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Murray Rose
Freestyle (Distance)
Australian distance freestyler who won three golds at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and held world…
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Shane Gould
Freestyle
Teenage Australian phenom who swept three golds in world-record times at the 1972 Munich Olympics…
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Zac Stubblety-Cook
Breaststroke
Australian breaststroke specialist who swept Olympic, World, and Commonwealth titles plus a world…
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Michael Klim
Freestyle/Butterfly (Sprint)
Australian sprint freestyle/butterfly star who set world records at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and…
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Leah Neale
Freestyle (Middle Distance/Relay)
Australian freestyler best known for winning Olympic silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay at Rio…