Who is Emma McKeon?
Emma McKeon is an Australian swimmer who has won more Olympic medals than any other Australian. Her 14 Olympic medals include six golds, and she won seven medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics alone.
McKeon was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, in 1994, into a family of swimmers. Her father, Ron McKeon, and brother, David McKeon, also swam for Australia.
She made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning four medals, including gold in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay.
Tokyo 2020 record
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021, McKeon won four gold medals and three bronze medals. Her golds came in the 50 metres freestyle, 100 metres freestyle and two relays.
Her seven medals equaled the record for the most medals won by a female athlete at a single Olympics. It was a remarkable effort across a busy program of heats, semifinals and finals.
McKeon competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics, adding to her medal tally with relay medals, and then announced her retirement later in 2024.
Did You Know?
McKeon's mother, Susie Woodhouse, also swam at the Commonwealth Games.