Madison Wilson

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Madison Wilson
Kazan 2015 - Seebohm and Wilson.JPG
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
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, freestyle
ClubMarion
CoachPeter Bishop
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 211
World Championships (LC) 872
World Championships (SC) 331
Commonwealth Games 401
Youth Olympic Games 111
Universiade 102
Total19128
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Kazan 100 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Doha 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Birmingham 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Birmingham 200 m freestyle
Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Kazan 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 Kazan100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 Kazan50 m backstroke
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Honolulu 100 m backstroke
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Singapore 4×100 metre medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2010 Singapore 4×100m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 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.

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Early 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]

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, [3] 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. [4]

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. [5]

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. [6] 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. [7] As heat swimmers, Wilson and O'Callaghan are still Olympic gold medal recipients. [7]

World records

Long course metres

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusRef
14x200 m freestyle relay [a] 7:41.50 2019 World Aquatic Championships Gwangju, South Korea 25 July 2019Former [8]
24x100 m mixed freestyle relay [b] 3:19.38 2022 World Aquatics Championships Budapest, Hungary 24 June 2022Former [9]
34x200 m freestyle relay (2) [c] 7:39.29 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 31 July 2022Former [10]

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.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusRef
14x100 m freestyle relay [a] 3:25.43 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 13 December 2022Current [11]
24x200 m freestyle relay [b] 7:30.87 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022Current [12]
34x50 m medley relay [c] 1:42.35 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 17 December 2022Current [13]

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.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusNotesRef
14x100 m freestyle relay [a] 3:32.39h 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 August 2016Former [14]
Legend: WRWorld record;OCOceanian record;NRAustralian 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)

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