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Meg Harris, OAM (born 7 March 2002) is an Australian swimmer. She is a world record holder in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay.[1] She also won an individual gold medal at the 2017 Bahamas Commonwealth Youth Games in the 50 freestyle.
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 2002 Albury, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 and 200 freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Marion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Peter Bishop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
Harris attended Mt St Michael's College in Ashgrove, Brisbane.
Career
2020 Olympics
During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Harris swam the second leg for the gold medal-winning Australian Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team in the final. The Australian women broke the world record with a time of 3:29.69. Harris's split was 53.09.[2] She also swam the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with a split of 1:57.01. Harris did not swim in the final where the Australians finished third, but received a bronze medal for swimming in the heats of the relay.[3]
After the Olympics Harris moved from Brisbane, where she had been coached by Dean Boxall, to Adelaide, where she came under the tutelage of noted sprint coach Peter Bishop.
2022
In January 2022, Harris broke her arm and announced the injury on Instagram.[4] Harris later announced the injury was not training related and she attained the broken arm when she accidentally ran a scooter into a rock.[5]
In the 2022 Australia Day Honours, Harris was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.[6]
World records
Long course metres
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
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| 1 | 4x100 m freestyle relay [a] | 3:29.69 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 25 July 2021 | Current | [2] |
a split 53.09 (2nd leg); with Bronte Campbell (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- "Swimming HARRIS Meg - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- "4x100m Freestyle Relay result. (25 July 2021). FINA Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "4×200m freestyle relay heats". FINA. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Race, Retta (8 January 2022). "Aussie World Record Holder Meg Harris Suffers Arm Injury". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- Keith, Braden (11 January 2022). "Olympic Gold Medalist Meg Harris Broke Her Arm While Riding A Scooter". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
External links
- Meg Harris at FINA
- Meg Harris at Swimming Australia
- Meg Harris at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Meg Harris at Olympics.com
- Meg Harris at Olympedia
На других языках
- [en] Meg Harris
[es] Meg Harris
Meg Harris (Albury, 7 de marzo de 2002) es una deportista australiana que compite en natación, especialista en el estilo libre.[1][it] Meg Harris
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