Emma McKeon
Emma McKeon with her Kazan 2015 gold medal.
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| Full name | Emma McKeon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia
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24 May 1994 Wollongong, New South Wales |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | West Illawarra/NSWIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Ron McKeon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma McKeon OAM (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She won four gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, including an individual gold in the 200 metre freestyle and three relay golds. She won four medals in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
McKeon was born on 24 May 1994 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. She is the sister of David McKeon and the daughter of Ron McKeon, both of whom are also swimmers. She completed her secondary education in 2012 from The Illawarra Grammar School and then studied at Griffith University for a bachelor's degree in public health and health promotion with a major in nutrition. She and her brother David McKeon are both coached by their father.
McKeon competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. She won a gold medal in the girls' 4 × 100 metre medley relay, silver medals in the 100 metre freestyle and the mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, and bronze medals in the 50 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle and mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay.
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