Kyle Chalmers
Australian swimmer
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| Intro | Australian swimmer | ||||
| Places | Australia | ||||
| is | Athlete Swimmer | ||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||
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| Birth | 25 June 1998, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia | ||||
| Age | 26 years | ||||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||||
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Biography
Kyle Chalmers, OAM (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in the sprint freestyle events. He is the Olympic champion (2016 Rio de Janeiro) in the 100 m freestyle and Vice World Champion (2019 Gwangju) in the 100 m freestyle.
Background
Chalmers was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia. He is the son of former Australian rules football and Port Adelaide premiership player Brett Chalmers. He attended Immanuel College in South Australia.
Career
Chalmers won the gold in the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore. For his 47.92 split in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, he was selected to compete in the 4×100 m medley relay heats. He improved on that time with a 47.86 effort, the finals team went on to win silver. He won the 200m freestyle in the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia.
2016 Summer Olympics
At the 2016 Olympic trials, Chalmers qualified for the Olympics by finishing 2nd in the 100 metre freestyle, behind Cameron McEvoy. He broke the junior world record with a time of 48.03.
At the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Chalmers won the gold medal in the 100 m freestyle in new junior world record of 47.58, the first Australian to do so since Michael Wenden in 1968. He had also swum the fastest time in the heats, with his 47.90 s breaking his own junior world record. In the 4x100m freestyle relay, he contributed to Australia taking a bronze medal. In the medley relay, he had the fastest split of the field with a time of 46.72, which helped the team to win the bronze medal. Historically only Pieter van den Hoogenband (46.70 in 2003),Vladimir Morozov(46.69 in 2017), Cameron McEvoy(46.60 in 2015) and Duncan Scott (46.14 in 2019) have been faster in textile swimwear.
Recognition
- 2016 – Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards – Male Athlete of the Year and Best Sporting Moment
- 2016 – Swimming Australia Awards – Olympic Swimmer of the Year and Golden Moment
- 2016 – South Australian Sports Star of the Year