Linda June Mackenzie, OAM (born 14 December 1983) is an Australian

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. She preferred the longer 200-, 400-, and 800-metre events and won the Australian 400-metre national title five years in a row (2004–2008). She was part of the Australian team that won the gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

in Melbourne and has picked up silver medals in the same event at the 2003 and 2005 world championships. Mackenzie qualified for the 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle events at the Olympic Games in Beijing and was a member of the winning Australian team in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay. She was the last swimmer in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Together with

Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice, OAM (born 17 June 1988) is an Australian former competitive swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2009. On 9 April 2 ...

Bronte Barratt Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt, OAM (born 8 February 1989) is a retired Australian competitive swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. Career Born in Brisbane on 8 February 1989, Barratt was coached by John Rodgers at the Albany Creek Swim Club. At ...

and

Kylie Palmer Kylie Jayne Palmer, OAM (born 25 February 1990), is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer. She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell. She was Sports Captain for her house, Pegasus and represented the school in many aquatic events. Sh ...

the world record was broken by 5.78 seconds. She was an

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scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

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1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Mackay, Queensland Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic swimmers of Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Australian female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

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