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Madison Wilson
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Emily Seebohm with Wilson (left) in Kazan, 2015
Personal information
Nickname(s) Madi
Born (1994-05-31) 31 May 1994 (age 30)
Roma, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.79 m
Weight 61 kg
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, freestyle
Club Marion
Coach Peter Bishop
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 1
World Championships (LC) 8 7 2
World Championships (SC) 3 3 1
Commonwealth Games 4 0 1
Youth Olympic Games 1 1 1
Universiade 1 0 2
Olympic Games
Gold Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle
Gold Japan 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
Bronze 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2019 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2023 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver 2015 Kazan 100 m backstroke
Silver 2017 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley
Silver 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver 2022 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Silver 2022 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Silver 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Bronze 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
Bronze 2017 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m medley
Silver 2014 Doha 4×100 m medley
Silver 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
Silver 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze 2014 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle
Gold 2022 Birmingham 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze 2022 Birmingham 200 m freestyle
Universiade
Gold 2013 Kazan 200 m backstroke
Bronze 2013 Kazan 100 m backstroke
Bronze 2013 Kazan 50 m backstroke
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze 2012 Honolulu 100 m backstroke
Youth Olympic Games
Gold 2010 Singapore 4×100 metre medley
Silver 2010 Singapore 4×100m mixed freestyle
Bronze 2010 Singapore 4×100m mixed medley

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 life

Although 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.

Swimming career

Wilson 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, 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.

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.

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. 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. As heat swimmers, Wilson and O'Callaghan are still Olympic gold medal recipients.

World records

Long course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x200 m freestyle relay 7:41.50 2019 World Aquatic Championships Gwangju, South Korea 25 July 2019 Former
2 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay 3:19.38 2022 World Aquatics Championships Budapest, Hungary 24 June 2022 Former
3 4x200 m freestyle relay (2) 7:39.29 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 31 July 2022 Former

split 1:56.73 (2nd leg); with Ariarne Titmus (1st leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
split 52.25 (3rd leg); with Jack Cartwright (1st leg), Kyle Chalmers (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)
split 1:56.27 (1st leg); with Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (3rd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

Short course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay 3:25.43 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 13 December 2022 Current
2 4x200 m freestyle relay 7:30.87 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022 Current
3 4x50 m medley relay 1:42.35 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 17 December 2022 Current

split 51.28 (2nd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
split 1:53.13 (1st leg), with Mollie O'Callaghan (2nd leg), Leah Neale (3rd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)
split 23.32 (freestyle leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (backstroke leg), Chelsea Hodges (breaststroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg)

Olympic records

Long course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Notes Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay 3:32.39 h 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 August 2016 Former
Legend: WRWorld record; 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

split 54.11 (1st leg); with Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Bronte Campbell (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Madison Wilson para niños

  • List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
  • List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals
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