Cate Campbell

Cate Campbell is an Australian former competitive swimmer who holds the short course world record in the 100 metre freestyle and formerly held the long course record. Born in 1992 and the eldest of five children of South African parents, she was coached for more than two decades by Simon Cusack at the Commercial Swimming Club. She won eight Olympic medals, four of them gold, across four Olympics, and was joint flagbearer for Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Games. She is regarded as one of the greatest Australian swimmers and one of the best relay swimmers of all time, and she was the leading figure of the Australian women's sprinting dynasty alongside her sister Bronte.