Yolane Nicole Kukla (born 29 September 1995) is an Australian butterfly and freestyle

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At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle, and Australian team for the Pan Pacific Championships. She made her senior Australian team debut at the

2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The eleventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, also known as the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Irvine, California, United States, from August 18–22. Me ...

where she collected two relay silver medals and finished 4th in the 50- and 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly, along with winning the B final in the 50-metre butterfly equaling the existing championship record. At the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

she was dropped from the relays, and finished 4th in the 50- and 100-metre butterfly, she won the gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle in a time of 24.86 seconds. Kukla swam in the heats of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

helping qualify the team for the final where the team won the gold medal. The team included

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and

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* 1995 births Living people Australian people of Polish descent Sportswomen from Queensland Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Australian female butterfly swimmers Australian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic swimmers for Australia Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Brisbane Olympic gold medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

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