Elijah Winnington

Elijah Winnington is an Australian competitive swimmer, born on 5 May 2000, who specialises in the sprint freestyle events. He was born in Gold Coast, Queensland, attended King's Christian College, and later trained under Richard Spence at Bond Swimming Club before moving to St Peter's Western under Dean Boxall. His first major success came at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he won gold in the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay alongside Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham and Mack Horton, in a games record time of 7:05.97. He won the 400 m freestyle at the Australian Championships in 2019 and 2021, qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and won his first individual international gold in the 400 m freestyle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, in a personal best of 3:41.22.