Leah Neale (born 1 August 1995) is an Australian competitive swimmer currently swimming for DC Trident at the International Swimming League. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.[4] In the same event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal.
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National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [3] Ipswich, Queensland, Australia[2] | 1 August 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | DC Trident[1] Chandler [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Vince Raleigh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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World records
editShort course metres
editNo. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
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1 | 4x200 m freestyle relay[a] | 7:30.87 | 2022 World Championships (25 m) | Melbourne, Australia | 14 December 2022 | Current | [5] |
a split 1:52.67 (3rd leg), with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (2nd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)
References
edit- ^ Gibbs, Robert (11 June 2019). "natalie-coughlin-to-return-to-competition-with-the-dc-tridentfor-2019-international-swimming-league-finale". SwimSwam.
- ^ a b "Leah Neale". Australia Olympic Team. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Leah Neale". Rio 2016 Organizers. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leah Neale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
External links
edit- Leah Neale at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Leah Neale at Olympics.com
- Leah Neale at Olympedia (archive)
- Leah Neale at Swimming Australia (archived) (2017-04-26)
- Leah Neale at World Aquatics