Meg Harris

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Meg Harris
OAM
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 24)
Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubRackley
CoachDamien Jones
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 2 1
World Championships (LC) 6 2 1
World Championships (SC) 2 4 0
Commonwealth Games 1 1 0
World Junior Championships 0 1 2
Commonwealth Youth Games 1 0 0
Total 12 10 4
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 4x100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2025 Singapore 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2025 Singapore 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 50 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2024 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 50 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place Nassau 2017 50 m freestyle

Meg Harris, OAM (born 7 March 2002) is an Australian swimmer. She is a world record holder in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay[1] and also in the 2024 Summer Olympics, having won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. Harris also won an individual silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 50 m freestyle. She is also the co-founder of the clothing brand Dally&Co Label.

Background

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Harris was born in Wodonga and lived in Mackay until she was 13, where she practiced surf lifesaving. She was introduced to swimming by her mother, who worked as a swim teacher.[2] She attended high school at Mt St Michael's College in Ashgrove, Brisbane, and swam with St Peters Western Swimming club.[3]

Career

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2020 Olympics

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During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Harris swam the second leg for the gold medal-winning Australian Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team in the final. The Australian women broke the world record with a time of 3:29.69. Harris's split was 53.09.[4] She also swam the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with a split of 1:57.01. Harris did not swim in the final where the Australians finished third, but received a bronze medal for swimming in the heats of the relay.[5]

After the Olympics Harris moved from Brisbane, where she had been coached by Dean Boxall, to Adelaide, where she came under the tutelage of noted sprint coach Peter Bishop.

2022

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In January 2022, Harris broke her arm and announced the injury on Instagram.[6] Harris later announced the injury was not training related and she attained the broken arm when she accidentally ran a scooter into a rock.[7]

In the 2022 Australia Day Honours, Harris was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.[8]

2023

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At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, Harris swam the third leg in the Australia women’s 4x100m freestyle relay along with Shayna Jack, Mollie O’Callaghan and Emma McKeon to break the world record in a time of 3:27.96. The previous record also by an Australian team was 3:29.69. Harris also won another gold medal as an heat swimmer in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay and silver medal as a heat swimmer in the women’s 4x100m medley relay.

In August Harris announced she would move from the South Australia Sports Institute (SASI) to join the Rackley Swim Team in Brisbane under Damien Jones.

2025

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At the 2025 World Aquatics Championships Harris won individual gold in the 50m free as well as swimming second leg in the winning 4x100m freestyle relay.[9]

Personal life

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Harris has moderate hearing loss in both ears, possibly as a result of a virus when she was young, and uses hearing aids in daily life. She's commented that you "don't need to be able to hear to swim", however she had to practice listening for the starting gun as a young swimmer.[10]

Personal best times[11]

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Long course metres

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Event Time Meet Location Date Note(s)
50 m freestyle 23.97 2024 Olympics Paris, France 4 August 2024
100 m freestyle 52.52 2024 Australian Swimming Trials Brisbane 14 June 2024
200 m freestyle 1:56.29 2021 Australian Swimming Trials Adelaide 14 June 2021
50 m backstroke 31.31 2020 Queensland Championships Brisbane 16 December 2020
50 m butterfly 26.63 2023 Australian Swimming Championships Gold Coast 19 April 2023
100 m butterfly 59.27 2023 Australian Swimming Trials Adelaide 13 June 2023
200 m individual medley 2:23.33 2023 South Australian Championships Adelaide 22 January 2023
Legend: AM – Americas record; NR – American record; US – US Open 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

Short course metres

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Event Time Meet Location Date Note(s)
50 m freestyle 23.73 2022 Short Course World Championships Melbourne 17 December 2022
50 m freestyle 23.73 2024 Short Course World Championships Budapest, Hungary 15 December 2024
100 m freestyle 52.11 r 2022 Short Course World Championships Melbourne 13 December 2022
200 m freestyle 1:58.70 2022 World Cup Indianapolis, United States 4 November 2022
50 m butterfly 26.48 2022 World Cup Berlin, Germany 22 October 2022
100 m butterfly 1:02.45 2020 Queensland Short Course World Championships Brisbane 26 September 2020

World records

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Long course metres

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay [a] 3:29.69 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 25 July 2021 Former [4]
2 4x100 m freestyle relay [b] 3:27.96 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 23 July 2023 Current [12]

a split 53.09 (2nd leg); with Bronte Campbell (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
b split 52.29 (3rd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)

Short course metres

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay[a] 3:25.43 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 13 December 2022 Former [13]

a split 52.00 (3rd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)

Olympic records

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Long course metres

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Status Notes Ref
1 4x100 m freestyle relay [a] 3:29.69 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 25 July 2021 19 Former Former WR, OC, NR [4]
2 4x100 m freestyle relay (2)[b] 3:28.92 2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France 27 July 2024 22 Current [14]
Legend: WR – World 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

a split 53.09 (2nd leg); with Bronte Campbell (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
b split 51.94 (4th leg) with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg)

See also

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References

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  6. ^ Race, Retta (8 January 2022). "Aussie World Record Holder Meg Harris Suffers Arm Injury". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  7. ^ Keith, Braden (11 January 2022). "Olympic Gold Medalist Meg Harris Broke Her Arm While Riding A Scooter". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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