Ethan Christopher Calleja (born 2 December 1999) is an Australian synchronised swimmer. He is the first male synchronised swimmer to compete internationally for Australia. Together with

Danielle Kettlewell Danielle Merlyn Kettlewell (born 17 November 1992) is an Australian synchronised swimmer. She competed in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was training for the 2019 FINA World Aquatic Championships of which both her male coun ...

he placed fifth in the mixed duet event at the 2019 FINA World Aquatic Championships.

Career

Swimming

Calleja had a 13 years long swimming career within Australia. Calleja broke 25 records over his career of which a number remain. He represented

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at five School Sport Australia Swimming championships, and was elected as the team captain in 2016 and 2017. He also competed at the 2014 and 2016

Australian Swimming Championships The Australian Swimming Championships is the national Swimming championships for Australia. They are organised by Swimming Australia and separate championships are held annually in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) pools. The two mee ...

Synchronised swimming

Calleja and Kettlewell won the mixed duet event at the 2019

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Artistic Swimming Australian National Championships. They participated in the 2019 FINA World Series – China Open, and placed fifth in the free mixed duet event, becoming the first two Australians to compete in this event internationally. They also reached the final of the mixed duet free routine event. Calleja appeared in the documentary ''Treading Water'', conducted by students at Edith Cowan University and directed by Corina Stagg.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calleja, Ethan Male synchronized swimmers Artistic swimmers at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships 1999 births Australian synchronised swimmers Living people Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia