David McKeon (born 25 July 1992) is an Australian competition swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the men's 400-metre freestyle, finishing in 14th place in the heats, failing to reach the final.

Personal life

McKeon was born on 25 July 1992 in

Wollongong, New South Wales Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wat ...

, Australia. He is the son of the former Olympic swimmer

Ron McKeon Ronald John McKeon (born 6 February 1961) is a former competition swimmer who represented Australia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics. He has three children, Kaitlin, Emma and David. Emma and David McKeon are current member ...

and Commonwealth Games swimmer Susie. He has two sisters, Kaitlin and Emma, a swimmer who has won 4 Olympic medals which is the most won by any Australian Olympian.

Swimming

McKeon won a gold medal in the 400 metres freestyle at the 2011 Summer Universiade in

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, China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics held in

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, United Kingdom, he competed in the 400 metre freestyle, finishing fifth in his heat and 14th overall with a time of 3:48.57, but failing to qualify for the final. He then swam in the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, helping Australia to qualify for the final where they eventually placed fifth. In 2013 he competed at the 15th FINA World Championships held in Barcelona, Spain, where he placed 12th in the 400 metre freestyle and was part of an Australian quartet, alongside

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, Alexander Graham and

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, which failed to advance to the final of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay after placing ninth in the heats. He represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in

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, Scotland, where he won a gold medal and a silver medal. Alongside

Cameron McEvoy Cameron McEvoy (born 13 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer who represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics. Career Junior At the 2011 World Junior Championships in Lima, Per ...

and

Thomas Fraser-Holmes Thomas William Fraser-Holmes (born 9 October 1991) is an Australian swimmer who made his international debut in 2010. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won individual bronze in the ...

he set a Commonwealth Games record to win the gold medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. He won the silver medal in the 400 metre freestyle, finishing behind Canada's Ryan Cochrane in a time of 3:44.09. He also placed fourth in the final of the 200 metre freestyle. In April 2016 McKeon was selected as part of the Australian team for the 2016 Summer Olympics due to be held in

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, Brazil. His sister Emma was also selected meaning the pair were the first brother and sister to swim at an Olympic Games for Australia since

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and

Ilsa Konrads Ilsa Konrads ( lv, Ilze Konrade; born 29 March 1944) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In her career, she set 13 individual ...

in 1960. He also competed in the 400 metre freestyle and the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.

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* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mckeon, David 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Wollongong Australian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Australia Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Personal life

Swimming

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