Ariarne Titmus

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Ariarne Titmus
Personal information
Nickname(s)Arnie, Terminator[1]
NationalityAustralian
Born (2000-09-07) 7 September 2000 (age 21)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia[2]
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9.69 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (138.89 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubCali Condors[3]
St Peters Western
CoachDean Boxall
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 1
World Championships (LC) 2 1 2
World Championships (SC) 2 0 2
Pan Pacific Championships 1 2 0
Commonwealth Games 3 1 0
Total 10 5 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 800 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tokyo 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tokyo 800 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 200 m freestyle

Ariarne Titmus (born 7 September 2000) is an Australian swimmer and the reigning Olympic champion in the women's 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle. She currently represents the Cali Condors, which is part of the International Swimming League. In 2015, Titmus and her family, including father Steve Titmus, moved from Tasmania to Queensland for better training opportunities.[4]

Career[]

Titmus competed in the women's 200-metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing in 17th place.[5][6]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Titmus won three golds medals; in the 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle and the 4 x 200-metre freestyle relay. She also won a silver medal in the 200 metre freestyle.

On 14 December 2018, Titmus set a new world record and won a gold medal in the women's short course 400-metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships with a time of 3:53.92, breaking the record set by Wang Jianjiahe two months earlier by 0.05 seconds. She won a further gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle and two bronze medals in relay events at this competition.

Titmus was selected as one of the 27 swimmers to represent Australia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. After finishing second in her heat of the women's 400-metre freestyle, she won the gold medal and broke the Oceania record in the final with a time of 3:58.76, a full second ahead of American swimmer Katie Ledecky.[7] In the 4×200 metre freestyle relay the Australian team broke the world record setting a time of 7:41.50 with Titmus swimming the first leg.[8]

In 2019, Titmus was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League, representing the Cali Condors, who finished third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. Titmus won the 400-metre freestyle several times throughout the season, including the final.[9]

In 2021, Titmus won two gold medals for Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Posting a time of 3:56.69 in the 400-metre freestyle final, she edged out world record holder Ledecky by less than a second.[10][11] Posting a new Olympic Record of 1:53.50 in the 200-metre freestyle final, she trailed behind Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey for most of the race then came home strong to push herself in front on the last lap. Titmus earned a silver medal in the 800-metre freestyle final, this time finishing 1.26 seconds behind Katie Ledecky.[12] Titmus was also part of the relay team that won bronze in the 4 x 200 metre women's freestyle relay, finishing behind China and the US.[13]

Titmus is coached by South African-born Dean Boxall. He has been a swim coach for more than twenty years and currently leads the swim club St Peters Western based in Brisbane. St Peters Western has had many famous swimmers in the club such as Stephanie Rice and Leisel Jones.[14]

Career best times[]

Long course metres (50 m pool)[]

As of 9 December 2021
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 26.13 2018 Pan Pacific Championships Tokyo, Japan 12 August 2018
100 m freestyle 54.28 2019 Australian Swimming Championships Adelaide, Australia 8 April 2018
200 m freestyle 1:53.09 2021 Australian Swimming Trials Adelaide, Australia 14 June 2021 OC, NR
400 m freestyle 3:56.69 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 26 July 2021 OC, NR
800 m freestyle 8:13.83 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 31 July 2021 OC, NR
1500 m freestyle 16:09.87 2018 Australian Pan Pacific Championships Trials Adelaide, Australia 30 June 2018
400 m individual medley 4:46.61 2018 Australian Pan Pacific Championships Trials Adelaide, Australia 1 July 2018

Short course metres (25 m pool)[]

As of 9 December 2021
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 26.43 2018 World Championships (25 m) Hangzhou, China 15 December 2018
100 m freestyle 53.32 2019 International Swimming League Final Las Vegas, United States 20 December 2019
200 m freestyle 1:51.38 2018 World Championships (25 m) Hangzhou, China 11 December 2018 OC, NR
400 m freestyle 3:53.92 2018 World Championships (25 m) Hangzhou, China 14 December 2018 WR, OC, NR
800 m freestyle 8:13.41 2018 Australian Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne, Australia 25 October 2018
Legend: WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record; CR – Commonwealth record; NR – Australian 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

World records[]

Long course metres[]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x200 m freestyle relay[a] 7:41.50 2019 World Aquatic Championships Gwangju, South Korea 25 July 2019 Former [8]

a split 1:54.27 (1st leg); with Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)

Short course metres[]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 400 m freestyle 3:53.92 2018 World Championships (25 m) Hangzhou, China 14 Dec 2018 Current [15]

Olympic records[]

Long course metres[]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 200 m freestyle 1:53.50 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 28 July 2021 Current [16]

Awards and honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Ariarne Titmus". Athlete profile. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Ariarne Titmus". Swimming Australia. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ^ Keith, Braden (9 December 2019). "cali-condors-unveil-roster-for-2019-international-swimming-league-finale". SwimSwam.
  4. ^ Shaw, Rob. "Titmus on move". The Examiner. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Ariarne Titmus claims gold in 400m freestyle over American swimming great Katie Ledecky". ABC News. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  8. ^ a b FINA 4x200m Freestyle relay results. Omega. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  9. ^ Keith, Braden (21 December 2019). "international-swimming-league-finale-in-las-vegas-day-two-live-recap". SwimSwam.
  10. ^ "SHE'S DONE IT! Ariarne Titmus upstages Katie Ledecky to win Tokyo 2020 gold". 7NEWS. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Australia's Ariarne Titmus beats Katie Ledecky in 400m final, Emma McKeon takes Tokyo Olympics bronze in 100m butterfly final". ABC News. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  12. ^ "800m Freestyle Final results" (PDF). IOC. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Australia finishes day 6 in pool with bronze in women's 4x200m relay final". ABC News. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Meet Dean Boxall, the 'rock star' swim coach whose Olympics celebration went viral". the Guardian. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Final results". 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  16. ^ "200mFree result". FINA. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  17. ^ "What we learned: Swimming wrap-up from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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