Elka Graham

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Elka Graham

Personal information
Full name	Elka Graham
National team	Australia
Born	(1981-10-20) 20 October 1981 (age 43) Sydney
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×200 m free World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 4×200 m free 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m free SC Worlds 2002 Moscow 4×100 m free 2002 Moscow 4×200 m free Pan Pacific Championships 2002 Yokohama 200 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 4×200 m free Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 4×200 m free 2002 Manchester 200 m freestyle

Elka Graham (born 20 October 1981), now known by her married name Elka Whalan,^[1] is an Australian former competition swimmer who swam in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle events, also swimming the 800-metre freestyle. She represented Australia at numerous international meets, including the Pan Pacific Championships, World Swimming Championships in 2001 and 2003, and the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

She was a member of Australia's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team that finished first at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, only to be disqualified when she and the rest of the relay team jumped into the pool to celebrate before all the other teams in the final had finished.^[2]

In 2007, she claimed that she was offered performance-enhancing drugs from another member of the Australian swimming team before the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, but refused to name the person.^[3]

Graham retired from swimming in May 2006 and is now involved in the media, modelling and corporate speaking. She is married to athlete Thomas Whalan and has four kids.^[4][5]