Madison Maree Wilson, OAM (born 31 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer who has participated in backstroke and freestyle events at the Olympic Games and the FINA world championships. Wilson has been a member of six world record Australian relay teams, most recently at the 2022 Short Course World Championships.
Early and personal life
editAlthough born in the South West Queensland town of Roma, Wilson grew up in Yeppoon on the Capricorn Coast where she attended Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and swam with local swimming club Yeppoon Sharks where she was selected in her first Queensland team.[2]
Wilson is engaged to Australian cricketer Matthew Short.[3] The couple have a son, Austin Wilson Short.[4]
Swimming career
editWilson won two medals as a member of Australian relay teams at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar: a silver in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay, and a bronze in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Wilson won three medals: a gold as a member of the winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay; a silver in the women's 100-metre backstroke; and a bronze in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wilson represented Australia in the 100 m backstroke,[5] where she finished 8th in the final. However, as a heat swimmer for the 4x100metre freestyle and medley relay teams, she received a gold and a silver medal after the teams placed first and second in their respective finals.[6]
In recognition of her success at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wilson was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Australia Day Honours.[7]
Wilson again swam in the heats of the women's 4x100metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Mollie O'Callaghan, Bronte Campbell and Meg Harris in July 2021, with the team posting the fastest qualifying time of 03:31:73.[8] However, Wilson and O'Callaghan did not swim in the final with Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell selected to compete instead, taking the Australian relay team to victory.[9] As heat swimmers, Wilson and O'Callaghan are still Olympic gold medal recipients.[9]
World records
editLong course metres
edit| 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 | [10] |
| 2 | 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay[b] | 3:19.38 | 2022 World Aquatics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 24 June 2022 | Former | [11] |
| 3 | 4x200 m freestyle relay (2)[c] | 7:39.29 | 2022 Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 31 July 2022 | Former | [12] |
a split 1:56.73 (2nd leg); with Ariarne Titmus (1st leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
b split 52.25 (3rd leg); with Jack Cartwright (1st leg), Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)
c split 1:56.27 (1st leg); with Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (3rd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)
Short course metres
edit| 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 | [13] |
| 2 | 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] | 7:30.87 | 2022 World Championships (25 m) | Melbourne, Australia | 14 December 2022 | Current | [14] |
| 3 | 4x50 m medley relay[c] | 1:42.35 | 2022 World Championships (25 m) | Melbourne, Australia | 17 December 2022 | Current | [15] |
a split 51.28 (2nd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
b split 1:53.13 (1st leg), with Mollie O'Callaghan (2nd leg), Leah Neale (3rd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)
c split 23.32 (freestyle leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (backstroke leg), Chelsea Hodges (breaststroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg)
Olympic records
editLong course metres
edit| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4x100 m freestyle relay[a] | 3:32.39 | h | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6 August 2016 | Former | [16] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
a split 54.11 (1st leg); with Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Bronte Campbell (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Madison Wilson". Rio Olympics. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Gillespie, Tom (9 August 2016). "Meet Australia's other Roma-born Rio Olympian". The Western Star. News Corp Australia.
- ^ Reid, Harrison (21 October 2023). "Australian sporting power couple announce beautiful family news". 7NEWS. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Valencich, Glenn (28 August 2024). "Madi Wilson and Matt Short announce safe arrival of first child 'Aussie'". 7NEWS. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team selected". Australian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Athlete: Madi Wilson". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Award: 1155305". It's an Honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Australian swimmers break national records, reach finals at Tokyo Olympics". ABC News. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b Linden, Julian (25 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics 2021: Mollie O'Callaghan and Madi Wilson miss out on 4x100 final". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ FINA 4x200m Freestyle relay results. Omega. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Mixed Freestyle Relay Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Aussies blast 7:39.29 for new 4x200 WR". SwimSwam. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Women's 4x100m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Women's 4x50m Medley – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Mendes, Rodrigo (19 August 2016). "Rio 2016 Swimming 6 - 13: Results Book". Omega Timing; Atos. Version 1.1. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
External links
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- Madison Wilson at World Aquatics
- Madison Wilson at SwimRankings.net
- Madison Wilson at the International Swimming League
- Madison Wilson at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Madison Wilson at Olympics.com
