Nickname(s) Prince Chalmers National team Australia Coach Peter Bishop | Sport Swimming Name Kyle Chalmers | |
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Born June 25, 1998 (age 26) ( 1998-06-25 ) | ||
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Kyle Chalmers OAM (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in the sprint freestyle events. He holds the junior world record in the 100 metre freestyle and won the gold medal in that event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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- Background
- Career
- 2016 Summer Olympics
- Recognition
- References
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Background
Chalmers was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia. He is the son of former Australian rules football and Port Adelaide premiership player Brett Chalmers.
Career
Chalmers won the gold in the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore. For his 47.92 spit in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, he was selected to compete in the 4×100 m medley relay heats. He improved on that time with a 47.86 effort, the finals team went on to win silver.
2016 Summer Olympics
At the 2016 Olympic trials, Chalmers qualified for the Olympics by finishing 2nd in the 100 metre freestyle, behind Cameron McEvoy. He broke the junior world record with a time of 48.03.
At the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Chalmers won the gold medal in the 100 m freestyle in new junior world record of 47.58, the first Australian to do so since Michael Wenden in 1968. He had also swam the fastest time in the heats, with his 47.90 s breaking his own junior world record. In the 4x100m freestyle relay, he contributed to Australia taking a bronze medal. In the medley relay, he had the fastest split of the field with a time of 46.72, which helped the team to win the bronze medal. Historically only Pieter van den Hoogenband (46.70 in 2003) & Cameron McEvoy (46.60 in 2015) have been faster in textile swimwear.