Ariarne Elizabeth Titmus, (born 7 September 2000) is an Australian

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. She is the reigning Olympic champion in the women's 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle, having won both events at the

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, the

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holder in the

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400-metre freestyle, and formerly the world record holder in the

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400-metre freestyle. In 2019 and 2020, she competed representing the

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in the

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Background

In 2015, Titmus and her family, including father Steve Titmus, moved from

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for better training opportunities. Titmus is coached by South African-born

Dean Boxall Dean Boxall (born 1977) is an Australian swimming coach. He is regarded as an elite coach in his field, training swimmers who compete at state, national, and international levels, including World Championships and Olympic Games. Boxall has recei ...

. He has been a swim coach for more than twenty years and currently leads the swim club St Peters Western based in Brisbane. St Peters Western has had many famous swimmers in the club such as Stephanie Rice and Leisel Jones.

Career

At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, held in August in Hawaii, United States, Titmus won a silver medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 2:00.13 for the lead-off leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 8:05.43, and a bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 4:09.81, which was 2.29 seconds behind gold medalist Li Bingjie of China.Hy-Tek (27 August 2016)
"Meet Results: 2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
''swmeets.com''. Retrieved 11 November 2022. Titmus competed in the Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle, women's 200-metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing in 17th place. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Titmus won three gold medals; in the 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle and the 4 x 200-metre freestyle relay. She also won a silver medal in the 200 metre freestyle. On 14 December 2018, Titmus set a new world record and won a gold medal in the women's

400-metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle, 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships with a time of 3:53.92, breaking the record set by Wang Jianjiahe two months earlier by 0.05 seconds. She won a further gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle and two bronze medals in relay events at this competition. Titmus was selected as one of the 27 swimmers to represent Australia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. After finishing second in her heat of the Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle, women's 400-metre freestyle, she won the gold medal and broke the List of Oceanian records in swimming, Oceania record in the final with a time of 3:58.76, a full second ahead of American swimmer Katie Ledecky. In the Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, 4×200 metre freestyle relay the Australian team broke the

setting a time of 7:41.50 with Titmus swimming the first leg.FINA 4x200m Freestyle relay results
''Omega''. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021. In 2019, Titmus was a member of the inaugural

, representing the

, who finished in third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. Titmus won the 400-metre freestyle several times throughout the season, including the final. In 2021, Titmus won two gold medals for Australia at the

in Tokyo. Posting a time of 3:56.69 in the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle, 400-metre freestyle final, she edged out world record holder Ledecky by less than a second. Posting a new Olympic Record of 1:53.50 in the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle final, she trailed behind Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey for most of the race then came home strongly to push herself in front on the last lap. Titmus earned a silver medal in the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle, 800-metre freestyle final, this time finishing 1.26 seconds behind Katie Ledecky. Titmus was also part of the relay team that won bronze in the 4 x 200 metre women's freestyle relay, finishing behind China and the US. At the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships in May, Titmus set a new World record progression 400 metres freestyle, world record in the long course 400-metre freestyle with a time of 3:56.40, breaking the former record of 3:56.46 set by Katie Ledecky in 2016.Hanson, Ian (22 May 2022)
"BREAKING: Olympic Champion Ariarne Titmus Terminates the 400m Freestyle World Record In Adelaide Clocking 3:56.40"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved 22 May 2022.Li, Yanyan (22 May 2022)
"Ariarne Titmus Finally Breaks Katie Ledecky's World Record In The 400 Free"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 22 May 2022.OlympicTalk (22 May 2022)
"Ariarne Titmus breaks Katie Ledecky world record as coach Dean Boxall erupts again"
''NBC Sports''. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

Results in major championships

Career best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

World records

Long course metres

split 1:54.27 (1st leg); with Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
split 1:52.82 (4th leg); with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (3rd leg)

Short course metres

Olympic records

Long course metres

Awards and honours

* Swimming Australia, Swimmer of the Year: 2019Clark, Laine (25 November 2019)
"Teen sensation Ariarne Titmus named Swimming Australia's swimmer of the year"
''Fox Sports (Australia), Fox Sports''. Retrieved 13 February 2022. * Swimming Australia, Short Course Swimmer of the Year: 2019 * Swimming Australia, Patron's Award: 2019 * ''SwimSwam'', Top 100 (Women's): 2021 (#10),Ortegon, Karl (16 February 2021)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Women's #10-1"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 21 January 2022. 2022 (#3)Sutherland, James (21 January 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Women's #10-1"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 21 January 2022. * Olympics.com, Top 5 Moments: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics (#1)"What we learned: Swimming wrap-up from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics"
''Olympics.com''. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021. * Medal of the Order of Australia, 2022 * Nominee for Laureus World Sports Awards, Laureus World Sports Award in Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year, Breakthrough of the Year: 2022Hamann, Michael (2 February 2022)
"Dressel, Ledecky, McKeon, Titmus, Daley Nominated For Laureus Awards"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 2 February 2022. *Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston City Council name Aquatic Centre competition pool - Ariarne Titmus Competition Pool. *Nike, Inc., Nike commission large mural at the Launceston Aquatic Centre by artist Josh Foley (artist), Josh Foley.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Titmus, Ariarne 2000 births Living people Australian female freestyle swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic gold medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Launceston, Tasmania Sportswomen from Tasmania Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Australia Olympic silver medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 21st-century Australian women Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia