Cameron McEvoy (born 13 May 1994) is an Australian competitive

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who represented his country at the

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and

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Career

Junior

At the 2011 World Junior Championships in

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, Peru, McEvoy won gold medals in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, and a bronze in the 200 m freestyle.

Senior

McEvoy swam in the heats of the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays at the 2012 Olympics in London. Australia went on to finish in fourth and fifth place, respectively. At the

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and

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

he has won a total of four medals, including the silver medal in the 100-metre freestyle in 2015. At the

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, he won six medals. A month later at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, he won five medals including the gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle. He also won national titles in the 100- and 200-metre freestyle in 2014 and 2015. At the 2016 National Championships and Olympic trials, McEvoy qualified for the Olympics in the 200-metre freestyle, by finishing first, tied with

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. He also qualified in the 100-metre freestyle by winning the race. His time of 47.04 broke the

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and Commonwealth records and was the fastest time ever in a textile swimsuit, until Caeleb Dressel's performance at the 2019 World Championships. He qualified for a third individual event when he won the 50-metre freestyle in a new personal best of 21.44. In addition, McEvoy also qualified for the Olympic team in the 4x100m, 4x200m freestyle relays & 4x100m medley relay. Leading up to the games, he dropped the 200m freestyle to focus on being his freshest for the relays.

Personal life

McEvoy is a physics and mathematics student at

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. At the 2016 Olympic trials he gained attention by wearing a swim cap with the signal of two merging

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s to celebrate the

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that had been announced two months earlier. The year before he wore a cap showing a

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of a positron and an electron annihilating. McEvoy is the grandson of Barney McEvoy who played rugby league for New South Wales in 1960 and who played club rugby league for the North Sydney and Manly Warringah clubs. In May 2021, McEvoy offered his house for A$1.5 million or the equivalent in

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. It's unclear if the house was sold.

Career best times

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