Mollie O'Callaghan

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Mollie O'Callaghan
OAM
Personal information
Full nameMollie Grace O’Callaghan
NationalityAustralian
Born (2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 20)
Logan, Queensland, Australia[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSt Peters Western Swim Club
CoachDean Boxall
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 1
World Championships (LC) 8 4 0
World Championships (SC) 3 3 1
Commonwealth Games 5 2 0
World Junior Championships 0 1 0
Total 18 10 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 100 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 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 200 m 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 2022 Budapest 200 m 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
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 2022 Melbourne 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Melbourne 50 m backstroke
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 100 m freestyle
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 medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 50 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle

Mollie Grace O'Callaghan, OAM (born 2 April 2004) is an Australian swimmer. She was the 2023 world champion in the women's 100m and 200m freestyle individual events, and part of the world champion 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m Australian women's relay teams together with 4 × 100 m mixed relay team. As of July 2023 she is the world record holder in the women's individual 200m freestyle.

Previously, O'Callaghan won two gold and one bronze medallist in the 2020 Summer Olympics as a heats swimmer in relay events.

2020 Tokyo Olympics[edit]

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.

2023 World Aquatics Championships[edit]

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, O'Callaghan was a world champion in five events.

O'Callaghan won the women's 100m freestyle in 52.16, after qualifying in second place, and the women's 200m freestyle in a world record time of 1:52.85 after qualifying in third place. She was the first woman to win both of these events in a single world championship.[5]

O'Callaghan was also part of three champion relay teams, each of which set a world-record time: the women's 4×100m freestyle relay;[6] the women's 4×200m freestyle relay;[7] and the mixed 4×100m freestyle relay.[8]

Results in major championships[edit]

Meet 100 free 200 free 50 back 100 back 4×50 free 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×50 medley 4×100 medley 4×100 Mixed free 4×100 Mixed medley
WJC 2019 4th 4th 4th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5th 5th
OG 2021 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WC 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) DNS 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
CG 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) DNS 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SCW 2022 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 2023 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) DNS 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Career best times[edit]

Long course metres (50 m pool)[edit]

As of 28 July 2023[9]
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 24.52 2022 Australian Championships Adelaide 22 May 2022
100 m freestyle 52.08 r 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 23 July 2023
200 m freestyle 1:52.85 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 26 July 2023 WR[10]
400 m freestyle 4:07.21 2023 NSW State Open Championships Sydney 11 March 2023
50 m backstroke 27.38 2023 NSW State Open Championships Sydney 12 March 2023
100 m backstroke 58.42 2023 Australian Championships Gold Coast 18 April 2023
2023 Australian World Championships Trials Melbourne 14 June 2023
200 m backstroke 2:08.48 2022 Australian Championships Adelaide 21 May 2022
50 m butterfly 27.86 Queensland Championships Brisbane 17 December 2020
Legend: WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record; CR – Commonwealth 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

Short course metres (25 m pool)[edit]

As of 17 December 2022[11]
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 24.40 Australian Virtual Short Course Championships Brisbane 26 November 2020
100 m freestyle 51.50 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships Sydney 25 August 2022
200 m freestyle 1:55.24 McDonald's Queensland Championships Brisbane 26 September 2020
50 m backstroke 25.49 r 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Melbourne 17 December 2022 OC
100 m backstroke 55.62 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Melbourne 14 December 2022
200 m backstroke 2:05.45 McDonald's Queensland Championships Brisbane 25 September 2020
50 m butterfly 27.87 State Teams Championships Canberra 4 October 2019
Legend: WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record; CR – Commonwealth 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


World records[edit]

Long course metres[edit]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[a] 3:19.38 2022 World Aquatics Championships Budapest, Hungary 24 June 2022 Former [12]
2 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] 7:39.29 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 31 July 2022 Former [13]
3 4×100 m freestyle relay[c] 3:27.96 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 23 July 2023 Current [6]
4 200 m freestyle 1:52.85 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 26 July 2023 Current [14]
5 4x200 m freestyle relay[d] 7:37.50 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 27 July 2023 Current [7]
6 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[e] 3:18.83 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2023 Current [8]
Legend: 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 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)
c split 52.08 (1st leg); with Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
d split 1:53.66 (1st leg); with Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)
e split 51.71 (4th leg); with Jack Cartwright (1st leg), Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Shayna Jack (3rd leg)

Short course metres[edit]

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 [15]
2 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] 7:30.87 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022 Current [16]
3 4x50 m medley relay[c] 1:42.35 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 17 December 2022 Current [17]

a split 52.19 (1st leg); with Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
b split 1:52.83 (2nd leg), with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Leah Neale (3rd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)
c split 25.49 (backstroke leg); with Chelsea Hodges (breaststroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg), Madison Wilson (freestyle leg)

Honours[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics day 1 prelims". SwimSwam. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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  21. ^ Commission, Australian Sports Commission; jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Sports. "Swimming makes a big splash at AIS Performance Awards". Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 29 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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