Susie O'Neill
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Women's Swimming | ||
Bronze | 1992 | 200 metres butterfly |
Gold | 1996 | 200 metres butterfly |
Silver | 1996 | 4x100 metres medley relay |
Bronze | 1996 | 4x200 metres freestyle relay |
Gold | 2000 | 200 metres freestyle |
Silver | 2000 | 200 metres butterfly |
Silver | 2000 | 4x100 metres medley relay |
Silver | 2000 | 4x200 metres freestyle relay |
Susie O'Neill, famously nicknamed "Madame Butterfly" (born 2 August, 1973), is an Australian former competitive swimmer from Brisbane, Queensland who won the 200m Butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 200m Freestyle in Sydney. After winning a Gold and a Silver medal in her first attendance at an international competition at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, O'Neill never failed to win a medal at any international meet she attended, right up until her final Olympics in front of a home crowd in Australia.
Susie O'Neill is now happily married and a mother of two children, Alix and William.
She commentated at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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External links
- Susie O'Neill Official Website
- Olympic Swimmer Susie O'Neill - ABC Queensland (Australian Broadcasting Corporation website)
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Categories: 1973 births | Living people | IOC members | People of Brisbane | Olympic swimmers of Australia | Australian butterfly swimmers | Australian freestyle swimmers | People from Queensland | Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics