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Madison Wilson

This article is about the Australian swimmer. For the Australian canoeist, see Madison Wilson (canoeist).

Madison Wilson
Emily Seebohm with Wilson (left) in Kazan, 2015
Personal information
NicknameMadi
National teamAustralia
Born (1994-05-31) 31 May 1994 (age 30)[1]
Roma, Queensland, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, freestyle
ClubMarion
CoachPeter Bishop
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 1
World Championships (LC) 8 7 2
World Championships (SC) 3 3 1
Commonwealth Games 4 0 1
Youth Olympic Games 1 1 1
Universiade 1 0 2
Total 19 12 8
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 200 m freestyle
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan 50 m backstroke
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Honolulu 100 m backstroke
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore 4×100 metre medley
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore 4×100m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore 4×100m mixed medley

Madison Maree Wilson, OAM (born 31 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer who has participated in backstroke and freestyle events at the Olympic Games and the FINA world championships. Wilson has been a member of six world record Australian relay teams, most recently at the 2022 Short Course World Championships.

Early and personal life

Although born in the South West Queensland town of Roma, Wilson grew up in Yeppoon on the Capricorn Coast where she attended Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and swam with local swimming club Yeppoon Sharks where she was selected in her first Queensland team.[2]

Wilson is engaged to Australian cricketer Matthew Short.[3] The couple have a son, Austin Wilson Short.[4]

Swimming career

Wilson won two medals as a member of Australian relay teams at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar: a silver in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay, and a bronze in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay.

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Wilson won three medals: a gold as a member of the winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay; a silver in the women's 100-metre backstroke; and a bronze in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wilson represented Australia in the 100 m backstroke,[5] where she finished 8th in the final. However, as a heat swimmer for the 4x100metre freestyle and medley relay teams, she received a gold and a silver medal after the teams placed first and second in their respective finals.[6]

In recognition of her success at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wilson was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Australia Day Honours.[7]

Wilson again swam in the heats of the women's 4x100metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Mollie O'Callaghan, Bronte Campbell and Meg Harris in July 2021, with the team posting the fastest qualifying time of 03:31:73.[8] However, Wilson and O'Callaghan did not swim in the final with Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell selected to compete instead, taking the Australian relay team to victory.[9] As heat swimmers, Wilson and O'Callaghan are still Olympic gold medal recipients.[9]

World records

Long course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x200 m freestyle relay[a] 7:41.50 2019 World Aquatic Championships Gwangju, South Korea 25 July 2019 Former [10]
2 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[b] 3:19.38 2022 World Aquatics Championships Budapest, Hungary 24 June 2022 Former [11]
3 4x200 m freestyle relay (2)[c] 7:39.29 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 31 July 2022 Former [12]

a split 1:56.73 (2nd leg); with Ariarne Titmus (1st leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
b split 52.25 (3rd leg); with Jack Cartwright (1st leg), Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)
c split 1:56.27 (1st leg); with Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (3rd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

Short course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay[a] 3:25.43 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 13 December 2022 Current [13]
2 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] 7:30.87 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022 Current [14]
3 4x50 m medley relay[c] 1:42.35 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 17 December 2022 Current [15]

a split 51.28 (2nd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
b split 1:53.13 (1st leg), with Mollie O'Callaghan (2nd leg), Leah Neale (3rd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)
c split 23.32 (freestyle leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (backstroke leg), Chelsea Hodges (breaststroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg)

Olympic records

Long course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Notes Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay[a] 3:32.39 h 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 August 2016 Former [16]
Legend: WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record; NR – Australian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

a split 54.11 (1st leg); with Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Bronte Campbell (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Madison Wilson". Rio Olympics. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ Gillespie, Tom (9 August 2016). "Meet Australia's other Roma-born Rio Olympian". The Western Star. News Corp Australia.
  3. ^ Reid, Harrison (21 October 2023). "Australian sporting power couple announce beautiful family news". 7NEWS. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ Valencich, Glenn (28 August 2024). "Madi Wilson and Matt Short announce safe arrival of first child 'Aussie'". 7NEWS. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  5. ^ "2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team selected". Australian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Athlete: Madi Wilson". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Award: 1155305". It's an Honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Australian swimmers break national records, reach finals at Tokyo Olympics". ABC News. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b Linden, Julian (25 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics 2021: Mollie O'Callaghan and Madi Wilson miss out on 4x100 final". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  10. ^ FINA 4x200m Freestyle relay results. Omega. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Mixed Freestyle Relay Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Aussies blast 7:39.29 for new 4x200 WR". SwimSwam. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Women's 4x100m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Women's 4x50m Medley – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  16. ^ Mendes, Rodrigo (19 August 2016). "Rio 2016 Swimming 6 - 13: Results Book". Omega Timing; Atos. Version 1.1. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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