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Kaylee Rochelle McKeown OAM (born 12 July 2001) is an Australian swimmer and triple Olympic gold medalist. She is the world record holder in the long course 50 metre backstroke and both the long course and short course 200 metre backstroke.
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27 Jul 2021 · Rising Australian star Kaylee McKeown is now an Olympic champion, blitzing home to win the 100m backstroke final with an Olympic record time. Fellow Aussie Emily Seebohm finished fifth, nearly a second behind 20-year-old McKeown, whose time of 57.47 seconds was only 0.02 seconds behind the world record time she set in June this year.
Kaylee McKeown first appeared on the Olympic stage at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics, where the swimmer won women's 50m backstroke gold, alongside silver in the 100m backstroke, and bronze in the 200m backstroke.
21 Okt 2023 · Australia’s Kaylee McKeown broke the women’s 50m backstroke world record on Friday to become the first person to simultaneously hold the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke world records.
29 Jul 2023 · Australian sensation Kaylee McKeown completed a sweep of the backstroke events at the World Aquatics Championships 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan, adding the women’s 200m gold on Saturday (25 July), to the titles she had won in the 50m and 100m.
25 Jul 2023 · Australia's Kaylee McKeown has bounced back from a disqualification in the 200 individual medley, claiming the 100m backstroke title at the World Aquatic Championships in Japan.
21 Okt 2023 · Australian Kaylee McKeown broke the 50m backstroke world record and became the second swimmer and first woman to hold the world record in all three backstroke events in an Olympic-size pool.
