Mollie Grace O'Callaghan, OAM (born 2 April 2004) is an Australian swimmer. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. O'Callaghan swam on the first night of racing in the heats of the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle.[2] She ended up winning 2 gold medals and a bronze medal, all from heat swims. She attends St. Peter’s Western swim club.
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Full name | Mollie Grace O’Callaghan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 18) Queensland, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Dean Boxall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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O'Callaghan swam for the Australian team in the preliminaries of all three women's relays at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, receiving two gold medals and one bronze for her contribution. Swimming the 1st leg for Australia in the heats of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, she posted a time of 53.08 and received a gold medal after the Australian team won the final.[3]
In the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay preliminaries, O'Callaghan swam a junior world record of 1:55.11 when swimming the lead off leg. Her time would have placed her fifth in the 200 metre freestyle final.[4] However, because the Australian coaches had previously decided to use four fresh swimmers in the final, O'Callaghan was controversially not selected for the final where Australia finished third.[5]
In a heat of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, O'Callaghan again posted a competitive time; her anchor leg split was 52.35, only 0.24 seconds slower than the fastest freestyle split in the final by Cate Campbell.
Meet | 100 free | 200 free | 50 back | 100 back | 4×100 free | 4×200 free | 4×100 medley | 4×100 Mixed free | 4×100 Mixed medley |
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WJC 2019 | 4th | 4th | 4th | ![]() | 5th | 5th | |||
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1 | 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[a] | 3:19.38 | 2022 World Aquatics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 24 June 2022 | Current | [6] |
2 | 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] | 7:39.29 | 2022 Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 31 July 2022 | Current | [7] |
a split 52.03 (4th leg); with Jack Cartwright (1st leg), Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Madison Wilson (3rd leg)
b split 1:54.80 (3rd leg); with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)
World long-course champions in women's 100 m freestyle | |
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World long-course champions in 4×100 m mixed freestyle relay | |
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Commonwealth champions in women's 100 m freestyle | |
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Commonwealth champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay | |
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Commonwealth champions in women's 4×200 m freestyle relay | |
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Commonwealth champions in women's 4×100 m medley relay | |
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