DOB: 24 May 1994
Event: 100m & 200m Freestyle, 100m & 200m Butterfly
Key Stats:
Olympics: 1 x Gold; 2 x Silver; 1 x Bronze
World Championships: 1 x Gold; 3 x Silver; 1 x Bonze
Commonwealth Games: 4 x Gold; 2 x Bronze
1 x time Olympian - Rio 2016
Born in New South Wales to a swimming family, Australian freestyle star Emma McKeon was initially coached by her father, Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Ron McKeon. Emma’s Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games went with a bang, seeing her take home a team gold, 2 team silver medals and an individual bronze to become Australia’s most successful Olympian that year. She and her Australian teammates also broke the World Record with their unstoppable 4 x 100m freestyle performance.
Every so often, it’s worthwhile to take a moment and appreciate how much work has been done over the years to achieve women’s equality. It’s hard to think that there was a time when women weren’t allowed to compete in any sport, let alone swimming!
Elite swim coach Fred Vergnoux is no stranger to steering swimmers to Olympic glory and world champion status. A former head coach to the Spanish Olympic team, he’s seen more than 244 records broken under his tutelage, including world and national record-breaking performances from Spanish number one, Mireia Belmonte Garcia.
“Growing up, all my role models wore Speedo when they competed”.
Team Speedo Athlete
