Achievements
McKeon has won more than 40 medals and set numerous World and Commonwealth Games Records since she began competing for Australia. Hailing from a swimming family, her brother David and father Ron are both Olympians, while her mother and uncle competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. At the World Championships in 2019, McKeon was part of Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay who won gold and set a new World Record. At the Australian Swimming Trials in Adelaide she set a new Commonwealth record in the 100m Butterfly; recording the second fastest swim of all time. Competing at her second Olympic Games in Tokyo, McKeon won an historic seven medals including four golds and three bronze, taking her overall tally to 11. She won the 50m and 100m freestyle events in record times, while also helping set a new world record in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay and an Olympic Record in the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay.
Read MoreOlympic Games
Rio, Brazil, 2016
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Won silver in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Won silver in the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
- Won bronze in the Women’s 200m Freestyle
- Placed 6th in the Women’s 100m Butterfly
Tokyo, Japan 2020 (2021)
- Won gold in the Women's 100m Freestyle (OR, CR, AR)
- Won gold in the Women's 50m Freestyle (OR)
- Won gold in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay (WR)
- Won gold in the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay (OR)
- Won bronze in the Women's 100m Butterfly (AR)
- Won bronze in the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Won bronze in the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow, Scotland 2014
- Won gold in the Women’s 200m Freestyle
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (WR)
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Won bronze in the Women’s 100m Butterfly
- Won bronze in the Women’s 100m Freestyle
Gold Coast, Australia 2018
- Won gold in the Women’s 100m Butterfly (GR)
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (WR)
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay (GR)
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay (GR)
- Won bronze in the Women’s 200m Freestyle
- Won bronze in the Women’s 200m Butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold Coast, Australia 2014
- Won silver in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Placed 4th in the Women’s 100m Butterfly
- Placed 10th in the Women’s 200m Freestyle
- Placed 11th in the Women’s 100m Freestyle
Tokyo, Japan 2018
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100 Freestyle Relay
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Won bronze in the Women’s 50m Freestyle
- Won bronze in the Women’s 100m Butterfly
World Short Course Championships
Dubai, UAE 2010
- Won bronze in the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay (heat swimmer)
- Placed 4th in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle
- Placed 8th in the Women’s 100m Freestyle
- Placed 9th in the Women’s 50m Freestyle
World Long Course Championships
Kazan, Russia, 2015
- Won gold in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Won bronze in the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
- Placed 7th in the Women’s 200m Freestyle
Barcelona, Spain 2013
- Won silver in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Won silver in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay (heat swimmer)
Budapest, Hungary 2017
- Won silver in the Women’s 200m Freestyle
- Won silver in the Women’s 100m Butterfly
- Won silver in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle
- Won silver in the Women’s 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay
- Won bronze in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle
- Won bronze in the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
- Placed 8th in the Women’s 100m Freestyle
Gwangju, South Korea 2019
- Won gold in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Won gold in the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (WR)
- Won silver in the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Won silver in the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
- Won silver in the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Won bronze in the Women's 100m Butterfly
- Placed 4th in the Women's 100m Freestyle
In The Pool
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
Pan Pacific Championships
World Championships - Short Course
World Championships - Long Course
Records
- World Records
- Commonwealth Records
- Australian Records
- Commonwealth Games Records
- Emma Mckeon - 1:56.62
- Brianna Throssell - 1:57.60
- Leah Neale - 1:58.23
- Ariarne Titmus - 1:55.59
- Emily Seebohm - 59.41
- Georgia Bohl - 1:06.85
- Emma Mckeon - 56.42
- Bronte Campbell - 51.57
- Olympic Records
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x100m Freestyle |
3:30.05 Shayna Jack (54:03) |
Gold Coast, Commonwealth Games | 5 April 2018 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x200m Freestyle |
7:41.50 Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27) (CR) |
Gwangju, World Championships | 26 July 2019 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x100m Freestyle |
3:29.69 Bronte Campbell (53:01) |
Tokyo Aquatics Centre | 25 July 21 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100m Freestyle |
51.96 |
Tokyo Aquatic Centre | 30 July 2021 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x100m Medley Relay |
3:51.60 Kaylee McKeown (58:01) |
Tokyo Aquatic Centre | 1 August 2021 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x200m Freestyle |
7:41.50 Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27) (CR) |
Gwangju, World Championships | 26 July 2019 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x100m Freestyle |
3:30.05 Shayna Jack (54:03) |
Gold Coast, Commonwealth Games | 5 April 2018 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100m Butterfly |
55.93 |
Adelaide, Australian Swimming Trials | 12 June 2021 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x100m Freestyle |
3:29.69 Bronte Campbell (53:01) |
Tokyo Aquatics Centre | 25 July 21 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100m Freestyle |
51.96 |
Tokyo Aquatic Centre | 30 July 2021 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100m Butterfly |
55.72 |
Tokyo Aquatic Centre | 26 July 2021 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x100m Freestyle |
3:30.05 Shayna Jack (54:03) |
Gold Coast, Commonwealth Games | 5 April 2018 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x200m Freestyle |
7:41.50 Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27) (CR) |
Gwangju, World Championships | 26 July 2019 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x100m Freestyle |
3:29.69 Bronte Campbell (53:01) |
Tokyo Aquatics Centre | 25 July 21 |
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (7:48.04) - 2018 Commonwealth Games
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay (3:54.36) - 2018 Commonwealth Games
Women's 100m Butterfly (56.78) - 2018 Commonwealth Games
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 50m Freestyle |
23.81 |
Tokyo Aquatic Centre | 1 August 2021 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100m Freestyle |
51.96 |
Tokyo Aquatic Centre | 30 July 2021 |
| Event | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4x100m Medley Relay |
3:51.60 Kaylee McKeown (58:01) |
Tokyo Aquatic Centre | 1 August 2021 |
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Reading, travelling and going to the beach.
International aid work. Studied Public Health at Griffith University.
The Women's 200m Freestyle final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Making team with some of my best friends.
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