Kyle Chalmers

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Kyle Chalmers
Personal information
Nickname(s)The Big Tuna, 'Ray' Chalmers, King Kyle[1]
National teamAustralia
Born (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 23)[2]
Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubMarion Swimming Club[3]
CoachPeter ‘Bish’ Bishop
Medal record

Kyle Chalmers, OAM (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in the sprint freestyle events. He was the 2016 Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 metre freestyle, and won the silver medal in the same event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also won silver at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju in the 100 metre freestyle.

Background[]

Chalmers was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia.[4] He is the son of former Australian rules football and Port Adelaide premiership player Brett Chalmers.[5] He attended Immanuel College in South Australia.[6]

Career[]

Chalmers won the gold in the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore.[7][8] For his 47.92 split in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, he was selected to compete in the 4×100 metre medley relay heats. He improved on that time with a 47.86 effort, the finals team went on to win silver.[9] He won the 200 metre freestyle in the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia.

2016 Summer Olympics[]

At the 2016 Olympic trials, Chalmers qualified for the Olympics by finishing second in the 100 metre freestyle, behind Cameron McEvoy. He broke the junior world record with a time of 48.03.[10]

At the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Chalmers won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle in new junior world record of 47.58, the first Australian to do so since Michael Wenden in 1968.[11] He had also swum the fastest time in the heats, with his 47.90 s breaking his own junior world record.[12] In the 4x100 metre 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), Vladimir Morozov(46.69 in 2017[13]), Cameron McEvoy(46.60 in 2015) and Duncan Scott (46.14 in 2019 and Jason Lezak (46.06 in 2008) have been faster in textile swimwear.[14]

2020 Summer Olympics[]

Chalmers battled numerous injuries in the lead up to qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which included undergoing surgery to his shoulder as well as his heart. Despite the troublesome preparation, he qualified fastest for the men's 200 metre freestyle in the Australian Olympic swimming trials after recording a time of 1:45.48.[15] He then backed up that performance with a strong showing in the men's 100 metre freestyle, delivering his fastest time in two years after stopping the clock at 47.59.[16] This ensured Chalmers would be able to defend his gold medal in Tokyo.

Chalmers successfully made the final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he equalled his personal best time of 47.08 to win the silver medal just behind American Caeleb Dressel, who won gold in an Olympic record 47.02.[17] Earlier Chalmers had anchored the Australian men's relay team to help win the bronze medal in the final of the 4x100 metre freestyle, where his swim of 46.44 was the fifth-fastest freestyle leg of all time.[18]

Personal life[]

Chalmers is the son the former Australian rules footballer Brett Chalmers.[19]

Recognition[]

References[]

  1. ^ "'Prince' Chalmers worthy contender for McEvoy's sprint crown". The Australian. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Kyle Chalmers". Engine Swim. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Sprint Prince Chalmers, 15 & A Boy Called Kyle, Cracks Thorpey Mark Then Goes 49.6". Swimvortex. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Kyle Chalmers". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Kyle Chalmers ready to make a splash in world swimming championships". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Immanuel College students cheer on Kyle Chalmers". AdelaideNow. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Kyle Chalmers Sizzles in 50 Free Victory at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Kyle Chalmers Ticking All the Boxes As New Aussie Sprint Star". SwimSwam. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  9. ^ Debelle, Penny. "Why Kyle Chalmers is Australia's next great swimmer". adelaidenow.com.au. News Corporation. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  10. ^ Jeffrey, Nicole (11 April 2016). "Swimming trials 2016: Cameron McEvoy wins men's 100m freestyle". The Australian. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. ^ Lutton, Phil (11 August 2016). "Kyle Chalmers embraces the pain to complete meteoric rise to Rio Olympics gloryl". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  12. ^ Keith, Braden (9 August 2016). "Kyle Chalmers Breaks World Junior Record in 100 Free". Swimswam. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Vladimir Morozov". SwimSwam. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Summer - Tokyo 2021 - Swimming". BigFooty. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Kyle Chalmers Thrills His Hometown Crowd With A Powerhouse Final Lap". Swimming World News. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Kyle Chalmers Stops the Clock at 47.59 In The 100m Freestyle". Swimming World News. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Kyle Chalmers of Australia claims silver medal in 100 metre freestyle final at Tokyo Olympics". 7 News. 29 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Kyle Chalmers leads Australia to come-from-behind medal in Olympics relay". 7 News. 26 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Kyle Chalmers ready to make a splash in world swimming championships". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  20. ^ "Chalmers claims two AIS awards to complete fairy tale year". Australian Sports Commission website. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  21. ^ Hamilton, Andrew (7 November 2016). "Kyle Chalmers and Mack Horton split the honours at Swimming Australia's awards night". Courier Mail. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Adelaide United and Kyle Chalmers win top gongs at South Australian Sport Awards". ABC News. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

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