Tag: Emma McKeon
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Olympic family on how pool passion keeps them together | The Pool
You don’t get much more royal when it comes to swimming than Wollongong locals the McKeons. While Emma has won multiple Olympic medals, brother David, father Ron and mum Susie all have Olympic connections.
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Rio 2016: Australian swimmer Josh Palmer robbed, he and Emma McKeon disciplined after failing to return to village
Australian chef de mission Kitty Chiller released a statement confirming the incident. Chiller said the pair left a nightclub in Copacabana in the early hours of Wednesday morning (Rio time). “McKeon chose to stay the night with swimming friends in the Copa district without informing team management,” the statement said. Palmer has told officials that…
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Australian swimming medallists react to rollercoaster week
All the individual medallists of the Australian swim team spoke to the media about how they were able to handle the pressure of an olympic games. Kyle Chalmers, Emma McKeon, Mack Horton, Maddie Groves, Mitch Larkin and coach Jacco Verhaeren.
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Emma McKeon changes coaches to join Michael Bohl’s squad
The 20-year-old freestyle and butterfly star made the bold decision after last month’s selection trials to leave coach Vince Raleigh at Chandler and move across Brisbane to join Michael Bohl’s squad at St Peters Western that is fast becoming Australia’s top young talent team. It meant that McKeon would no longer train alongside her older…
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The 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Ticketing Launch
Aussie swimmers Emma McKeon, Tommy Fraser-Holmes, Emily Seebohm and Aussie water polo player Ed Slade launched the 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series on Monday 10 November in the Perth CBD – See Australia v China, Japan and the mighty USA on Jan 30 & 31 at HBF Stadium outdoor 10 lane pool – tickets…
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Australia clocks 3:30.98 and new World Record in the Women’s 4×100 Free at Glasgow 2014
At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this evening, Australia’s women’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay set a new world record, clocking 3:30.98 where the Netherlands’ world record from the (supersuited) Rome 2009 World Championships was 3:31.72. Comparative splits Australia 2014 Bronte Campbell: 53.15 Melanie Schlanger: 52.76 Emma McKeon: 52.91 Cate Campbell: 52.16 The Netherlands 2009 Inge Dekker:…
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Meet the Australian swim stars, 18-21 years and 21+
Australian swimmers introducing themselves 18-21 years 21+