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Emma McKeon

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Emma McKeon is an Australian retired competitive swimmer, born in Wollongong, New South Wales, in 1994. She won six Olympic gold medals, one at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, four at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and one at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and finished her Olympic career with 14 medals in total. At Tokyo she won seven medals, the most by a female swimmer at a single Games, and she was the most decorated athlete across all sports at those Games. She is an eight-time world record holder in relays and the most decorated Australian Olympian of all time. She also won 20 medals at the World Aquatics Championships, including five golds, and a record 20 medals at the Commonwealth Games, 14 of them gold.

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Birth Year
1994 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 2
Gold Medals
6 2
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Sources
1. Olympedia: Emma McKeon (Olympedia)
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