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Shane Elizabeth Gould AM MBE (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer. She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she won the fifth season of Australian Survivor, becoming the oldest winner of any Survivor franchise.
Shane Gould. The 1972 Australian Olympic Swimming Champion: 5 individual medals: 3 gold, 1 silver & 1 bronze. Shane is the only swimmer in history to hold all freestyle. world records, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and the. 200m Individual Medley at the same time. Find facts on Shanes swimming career and.
Jul 2, 2024 · Shane Gould (born November 23, 1956, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a former Australian swimmer who won five Olympic medals and set world records in all five freestyle distances (100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500 meters).
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Between July 1971 and January 1972, Shane Gould set world records in all five internationally recognised freestyle distances: the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1,500m. A year after her amazing performance in Munich, Shane Gould retired from competition and stepped away from public life for 25 years.
Shane Gould MBE, takes her place in Australia’s sporting heritage as one of the worlds greatest female swimmers. She swam at the 1972 Olympics, and is still the only woman ever to win 5 individual medals, 3 gold, all in world record times, plus 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.
- 23rd November 1956
- Milton Nelms 2007
- 172cm.
- Bicheno, Tasmania
Australian Shane Gould was a swimmer of phenomenal talent who became the first woman to hold the world freestyle record at every distance from 100 metres to 1,500 metres. She achieved this remarkable feat in December 1971, just three weeks after her 15th birthday.
More than 40 years have elapsed since Australia’s Shane Gould lit up the pool at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, winning five medals – three of them gold - before deciding to quit swimming shortly afterwards.
