Mollie O'Callaghan

Mollie Grace O'Callaghan, OAM (born 2 April 2004) is an Australian swimmer. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. O'Callaghan swam on the first night of racing in the heats of the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle.[2] She ended up winning 2 gold medals and a bronze medal, all from heat swims. O'Callaghan has been a member of five world record Australian relay teams, most recently at the 2022 Short Course World Championships. She attends St. Peter’s Western swim club.

Mollie O'Callaghan
OAM
Personal information
Full nameMollie Grace O’Callaghan
NationalityAustralian
Born (2004-04-02) 2 April 2004
Logan, Queensland, Australia[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSt Peters Western Swim Club
Coached byDean Boxall
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 1
World Championships (LC) 3 3 0
World Championships (SC) 3 3 1
Commonwealth Games 5 2 0
World Junior Championships 0 1 0
Total 13 9 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2022 Budapest100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Budapest4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Budapest200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Budapest4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Melbourne 50 m backstroke
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham50 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Budapest4×100 m freestyle

2020 Tokyo Olympics

O'Callaghan swam for the Australian team in the preliminaries of all three women's relays at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, receiving two gold medals and one bronze for her contribution. Swimming the 1st leg for Australia in the heats of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, she posted a time of 53.08 and received a gold medal after the Australian team won the final.[3]

In the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay preliminaries, O'Callaghan swam a junior world record of 1:55.11 when swimming the lead off leg. Her time would have placed her fifth in the 200 metre freestyle final.[4] However, because the Australian coaches had previously decided to use four fresh swimmers in the final, O'Callaghan was controversially not selected for the final where Australia finished third.[5]

In a heat of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, O'Callaghan again posted a competitive time; her anchor leg split was 52.35, only 0.24 seconds slower than the fastest freestyle split in the final by Cate Campbell.

Results in major championships
Meet 100 free 200 free 50 back 100 back 4×50 free 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×50 medley 4×100 medley 4×100 Mixed free 4×100 Mixed medley
WJC 20194th4th4th2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th5th
OG 20211st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
WC 20221st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)DNS1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
CG 20221st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)DNS1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
SCW 20223rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)

World records

Long course metres
No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[a] 3:19.38 2022 World Aquatics Championships Budapest, Hungary 24 June 2022 Current [6]
2 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] 7:39.29 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 31 July 2022 Current [7]
Legend: OC – Oceanian 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

a split 52.03 (4th leg); with Jack Cartwright (1st leg), Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Madison Wilson (3rd leg)
b split 1:54.80 (3rd leg); with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

Short course metres
No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay[a] 3:25.43 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 13 December 2022 Current [8]
2 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] 7:30.87 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022 Current [9]
3 4x50 m medley relay[c] 1:42.35 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 17 December 2022 Current [10]

a split 52.19 (1st leg); with Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
b split 1:52.83 (2nd leg), with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Leah Neale (3rd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)
c split 25.49 (backstroke leg); with Chelsea Hodges (breaststroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg), Madison Wilson (freestyle leg)

Honours

See also

References
  1. "Mollie O'Callaghan". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. "Swimming O'CALLAGHAN Mollie - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. "Tokyo 2020 Olympics day 1 prelims". SwimSwam. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. "Mollie O'Callaghan breaks 200 free WJR". SwimSwam. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. "Aussie women fall after questionable relay decision". SwimSwam. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. "Mixed Freestyle Relay Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
  7. "Aussies blast 7:39.29 for new 4x200 WR". SwimSwam. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  8. "Women's 4x100m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  9. "Women's 4x200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  10. "Women's 4x50m Medley – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  11. "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  12. Hanson, Ian (28 August 2022)."Mollie O'Callaghan named Australia'Olympic Program swimmer of the year". Swimming World. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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