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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 2005 Gold Coast, Queensland [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
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Jamie Perkins (born 19 January 2005) [2] is an Australian competitive swimmer. She represented Australia in the Women's 400m Freestyle and Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Glen Clifford Housman is an Australian former distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s and 1990s, who won the silver medal in the 1500-metre freestyle, swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His career was overshadowed by fellow Australian Kieren Perkins, and was also marred by illness.
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Meg Harris, is an Australian swimmer. She is a world record holder in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay and also in the 2024 Summer Olympics, having won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. Harris also won an individual silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 50 m freestyle. She is also the co-founder of the clothing brand Dally&Co Label.
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