Cate Natalie Campbell, OAM (born 20 May 1992) is a Malawian-born Australian former competitive swimmer. She is the current world record holder in the short course 100 m freestyle.[3] She is also a former world record holder in the long course 100 m freestyle, breaking Britta Steffen's supersuit WR by 0.01.
Campbell has eight Olympic medals, four of which are gold, across four Olympics. Campbell was Australia's joint flagbearer at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
She was coached by Simon Cusack at the Commercial Swimming Club for over two decades, before moving to train with Damien Jones at the Rackley Swimming Club then Vince Raleigh at Chandler in her fifth and final Olympic campaign bid.
Campbell is regarded as one of the greatest Australian swimmers and one of the best relay swimmers of all time, holding four of the fastest 100 m freestyle splits in history at the time of her retirement.[4][5] In particular, she has been credited as the doyen of the Australian women's sprinting dynasty alongside her sister Bronte.[6]
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