Meg Harris
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 2002 Albury, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 and 200 freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Marion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Peter Bishop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meg Harris (born 7 March 2002) is an Australian swimmer. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] She attended Mt St Michael's College in Ashgrove, Brisbane.
2020 Olympics[]
During the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo Harris swam the second leg for the gold medal winning Australian Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team in the final. The Australian women broke the world record with a time of 3:29.69. Harris's split was 53.09.[2] She also swam the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with a split of 1:57.01. Harris did not swim in the final where the Australians finished third but received a bronze medal for swimming in the heats of the relay.[3]
After the Olympics Harris moved from Brisbane, where she had been coached by Dean Boxall, to Adelaide where she came under the tutelage of noted sprint coach Peter Bishop.
World records[]
Long course metres[]
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4x100 m freestyle relay [a] | 3:29.69 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 25 July 2021 | Current | [2] |
a split 53.09 (2nd leg); with Bronte Campbell (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
See also[]
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References[]
- ^ "Swimming HARRIS Meg - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". ..
- ^ a b "4x100m Freestyle Relay result. (25 July 2021). FINA Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "4×200m freestyle relay heats". FINA. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  | This Australian biography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Australian female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- World record holders in swimming
- Australian people stubs