DOB: 24 April 1996
Event: 400m, 800m, & 1500m Freestyle
Key Stats:
Olympics: 1 x Gold
World Championships: 1x Bronze
Commonwealth Games: 1 x Gold; 1 x Silver
1 x time Olympian – Rio 2016
An Australian freestyle distance swimmer, Mack Horton joined competitive swimming at the age of 7 to help him face his fear of water. Three years later, aged 10, he broke his first Australian record. Mack dominated junior events and held multiple junior world records before making his senior debut in swimming. In his first Commonwealth Games, in 2014, he took team gold in the 800m freestyle relay. At his Olympic Games debut at Rio 2016, he won individual gold in the 400m freestyle.
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
