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Mollie O'Callaghan

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Mollie O'Callaghan
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenAustralia Edit
Country for sportAustralia Edit
Name wey dem give amMollie Edit
Family nameO'Callaghan Edit
Ein date of birth2 April 2004 Edit
Place dem born amQueensland Edit
Ein occupationswimmer Edit
Educate forSt Peters Lutheran College - Springfield Edit
Sportswimming Edit
Partner in business or sportOlivia Wunsch, Shayna Jack, Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon, Meg Harris Edit
Award e receiveMedal of the Order of Australia Edit

Mollie Grace O'Callaghan OAM (born 2 April 2004) be Australian swimmer den de reigning Olympic champion insyd de 200 m freestyle.[1][2] Na she be de 2023 world champion insyd de women's 100m den 200m freestyle individual events, den part of de world champion 4 × 100 m den 4 × 200 m Australian women's relay teams togeda plus 4 × 100 m mixed relay team. She previously hold de world record insyd de women's individual 200m freestyle.

O'Callaghan sanso win two gold den one bronze medals for de 2020 Summer Olympics as heats swimmer insyd relay events den gold medal insyd de 200 m freestyle den 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay for de 2024 Summer Olympics.

2020 Tokyo Olympics

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O'Callaghan swim give de Australian team insyd de preliminaries of all three women's relays for de 2020 Summer Olympics insyd Tokyo, she receive two gold medals den one bronze for ein contribution. She swim de 1st leg give Australia insyd de heats of de 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, she post time of 53.08 wey she receive gold medal after de Australian team win de final.[3]

Insyd de 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay preliminaries, O'Callaghan swim junior world record of 1:55.11 wen she swim de lead off leg. Na ein time go place am fifth insyd de 200 metre freestyle final.[4] However, secof na de Australian coaches previously decide make dem use four fresh swimmers for de final insyd, na dem controversially no select O'Callaghan for de final wer na Australia fini third.[5]

Insyd heat of de 4 × 100 metre medley relay, O'Callaghan san post competitive time; na ein anchor leg dem split be 52.35, 0.24 seconds per slower dan de fastest freestyle split insyd de final by Cate Campbell.

2023 World Aquatics Championships

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For de 2023 World Aquatics Championships, na O'Callaghan be world champion insyd five events.

O'Callaghan win de women's 100m freestyle insyd 52.16, after she qualify insyd second place, den de women's 200m freestyle insyd world record time of 1:52.85 after she qualify insyd third place. Na she be de first woman make she win both of dese events insyd single world championship.[6]

Na O'Callaghan sanso dey part of three champion relay teams, each of wich set world-record time: de women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay;[7] de women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay;[8] den de mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[9]

Results insyd major championships

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Meet 100 free 200 free 50 back 100 back 4×50 free 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×50 medley 4×100 medley 4×100 Mixed free 4×100 Mixed medley
WJC 2019 4th 4th 4th 5th 5th
OG 2021
WC 2022 DNS
CG 2022 DNS
SCW 2022
WC 2023 DNS
OG 2024 - - -

Career best times

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Long course metres (50 m pool)

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As of 12 June 2024[10]
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 24.52 2022 Australian Championships Adelaide 22 May 2022
100 m freestyle 52.08 r 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 23 July 2023
200 m freestyle 1:52.48 2024 Australian Swimming Trials Brisbane 26 July 2023
400 m freestyle 4:07.21 2023 NSW State Open Championships Sydney 11 March 2023
50 m backstroke 27.38 2023 NSW State Open Championships Sydney 12 March 2023
100 m backstroke 57.88 2024 Australian Swimming Trials Brisbane 11 June 2024
200 m backstroke 2:08.48 2022 Australian Championships Adelaide 21 May 2022
50 m butterfly 27.86 Queensland Championships Brisbane 17 December 2020

Legend: WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record; CR – Commonwealth record; NR – Australian record;

Records no set insyd finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course metres (25 m pool)

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As of 17 December 2022[10]
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 24.40 Australian Virtual Short Course Championships Brisbane 26 November 2020
100 m freestyle 51.50 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships Sydney 25 August 2022
200 m freestyle 1:55.24 McDonald's Queensland Championships Brisbane 26 September 2020
50 m backstroke 25.49 r 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Melbourne 17 December 2022 OC
100 m backstroke 55.62 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Melbourne 14 December 2022
200 m backstroke 2:05.45 McDonald's Queensland Championships Brisbane 25 September 2020
50 m butterfly 27.87 State Teams Championships Canberra 4 October 2019

Legend: WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record; CR – Commonwealth record; NR – Australian record;

Records no set insyd finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

World records

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Long course metres

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[a] 3:19.38 2022 World Aquatics Championships Budapest, Hungary 24 June 2022 Former [11]
2 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] 7:39.29 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 31 July 2022 Former [12]
3 4×100 m freestyle relay[c] 3:27.96 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 23 July 2023 Current [7]
4 200 m freestyle 1:52.85 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 26 July 2023 Former [13]
5 4x200 m freestyle relay[d] 7:37.50 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 27 July 2023 Current [8]
6 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[e] 3:18.83 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2023 Current [8]

Legend: OC – Oceanian record; NR – Australian record;

Records no set insyd finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

a split 52.03 (4th leg); plus Jack Cartwright (1st leg), Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Madison Wilson (3rd leg)

b split 1:54.80 (3rd leg); plus Madison Wilson (1st leg), Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

c split 52.08 (1st leg); plus Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)

d split 1:53.66 (1st leg); plus Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

e split 51.71 (4th leg); plus Jack Cartwright (1st leg), Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Shayna Jack (3rd leg)

Short course metres

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay[a] 3:25.43 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 13 December 2022 Current [14]
2 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] 7:30.87 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022 Current [15]
3 4x50 m medley relay[c] 1:42.35 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 17 December 2022 Current [16]

a split 52.19 (1st leg); plus Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)

b split 1:52.83 (2nd leg), plus Madison Wilson (1st leg), Leah Neale (3rd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)

c split 25.49 (backstroke leg); plus Chelsea Hodges (breaststroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg), Madison Wilson (freestyle leg)

Honours

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  • Insyd de 2022 Australia Day Honours, na dem award O'Callaghan de Medal of de Order of Australia.[17]
  • Swimming Australia, Olympic Program Swimmer of de Year: 2022[18] den 2023[19]
  • Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards Performance of de Year 2023[20]

References

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  2. Pender, Kieran (30 July 2024). "Mollie O'Callaghan's Olympic dream is one to share with rival inspiring greatness". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. "Tokyo 2020 Olympics day 1 prelims". SwimSwam. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Smirnova, Lena (29 July 2023). "World Aquatics Championships 2023: Australia women power to gold by smashing own 4x200m freestyle relay world record". Olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  9. de Villiers, Ockert (30 July 2023). "World Aquatics Championships 2023: Australia break world record defending mixed 4x100m freestyle relay title". Olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "World Aquatics results – Mollie O'Callaghan". World Aquatics. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  11. "Mixed Freestyle Relay Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
  12. "Aussies blast 7:39.29 for new 4x200 WR". SwimSwam. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  13. "Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan breaks world record, beating Ariarne Titmus for women's 200m freestyle world title in Japan". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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  15. "Women's 4x200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  16. "Women's 4x50m Medley – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  17. "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  18. Hanson, Ian (28 August 2022)."Mollie O'Callaghan named Australia'Olympic Program swimmer of the year". Swimming World. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  19. "Mollie O'Callaghan repeats as Swimming Australia's Olympic Program swimmer of the year". SwimSwam. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  20. "Swimming makes a big splash at AIS Performance Awards". Australian Sports Commission. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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