| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Big Tuna, 'Ray' Chalmers, King Kyle, Super Nintendo Chalmers [2] |
| National team | Australia |
| Born | 25 June 1998[3] Ashford, South Australia, Australia |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle |
| Club | Marion Swimming Club[1] |
| Coach | Peter 'Bish' Bishop |
Medal record | |
Kyle Chalmers, OAM (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian and Australian record holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly and 50 metre freestyle.
At the 2014 Oceania Swimming Championships, Chalmers won the Oceania title in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre freestyle. He was the 2016 Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 metre freestyle, winning the gold medal in world junior record time. In 2018, he was Commonwealth Games champion in the 200 metre freestyle. He also won a gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and a silver medal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju in the 100 metre freestyle. He won his second Olympic medal in the 100 metre freestyle Olympic Games event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning the silver medal with a time of 47.08 in the final. In 2022, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2022 World Short Course Championships. He is most well known for his clutch performing back-end splits.[citation needed]
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Chalmers won the silver medal in the 100m freestyle with a time of 47.48 seconds. In the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay final, he delivered an anchor leg split of 46.59 seconds, the fastest of any swimmer in the race, helping his team secure the silver medal.[4][5]
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- ^ "Chalmers' shock retirement backflip after silver swim". Nine. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Kaufman, Sophie (27 July 2024). "2024 Paris, Oceania Recap Day 1: Chalmers On 'King Kyle' Form After Tough Run Up to Paris". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 August 2024.