Ariarne Titmus
OAM
Personal information
Nickname(s)Arnie, Terminator[2]
NationalityAustralian
Born (2000-09-07) 7 September 2000 (age 23)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia[3]
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[2]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCali Condors[1]
St Peters Western
CoachDean Boxall
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  AUS
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 1
World Championships (LC) 4 2 3
World Championships (SC) 2 0 2
Pan Pacific Championships 1 2 0
Commonwealth Games 7 1 0
Total 16 6 6
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 800 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tokyo 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tokyo 800 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 200 m freestyle
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Maui 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Maui 400 m freestyle

Ariarne Elizabeth Titmus, OAM (born 7 September 2000) is an Australian swimmer. She is the reigning Olympic champion in the women's 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle, having won both events at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the world record holder in the long course 400-metre freestyle event. In 2019 and 2020, she competed representing the Cali Condors in the International Swimming League.

Background

In 2015, Titmus and her family, including father Steve Titmus, moved from Tasmania to Queensland for better training opportunities.[4]

Titmus is coached by Dean Boxall. 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.[5]

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.[6]

Titmus competed in the women's 200-metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing in 17th place.[7][8]

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 short course 400-metre freestyle competition of the 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 women's 400-metre freestyle, she won the gold medal and broke the Oceania record in the final with a time of 3:58.76, a full second ahead of American swimmer Katie Ledecky.[9] In the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay the Australian team broke the world record setting a time of 7:41.50 with Titmus swimming the first leg.[10]

In 2019, Titmus was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League, representing the Cali Condors, who finished in third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. Titmus won the 400-metre freestyle several times throughout the season, including the final.[11]

In 2021, Titmus won two gold medals for Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Posting a time of 3:56.69 in the 400-metre freestyle final, she edged out world record holder Ledecky by less than a second.[12][13] Posting a new Olympic Record of 1:53.50 in the 200-metre freestyle final, she trailed behind Hong Kong's Siobhán 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 800-metre freestyle final, this time finishing 1.26 seconds behind Katie Ledecky.[14] Titmus was also part of the relay team that won bronze in the 4 × 200 metre women's freestyle relay, finishing behind China and the US.[15]

At the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships in May, Titmus set a new 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.[16][17][18]

Results in major championships

Meet 200 freestyle 400 freestyle 800 freestyle 4 × 50 freestyle 4 × 200 freestyle 4 × 100 medley
PACJ 2016 6th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 2017 17th 4th 14th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
CG 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
PAC 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SCW 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) DNS 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) DQ
WC 2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
OG 2021 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
CG 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WC 2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Career best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

As of 30 July 2023
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 26.13 2018 Pan Pacific Championships Tokyo, Japan 12 August 2018
100 m freestyle 53.68 2022 Australian Swimming Championships Adelaide, Australia 18 May 2022
200 m freestyle 1:53.01 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 26 July 2023
400 m freestyle 3:55.38 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 23 July 2023 WR
800 m freestyle 8:13.59 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 2 August 2022 CR, OC
1500 m freestyle 16:09.87 2018 Australian Pan Pacific Championships Trials Adelaide, Australia 30 June 2018
400 m individual medley 4:46.61 2018 Australian Pan Pacific Championships Trials Adelaide, Australia 1 July 2018
Legend: WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record; CR – Commonwealth record; NR – Australian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course metres (25 m pool)

As of 9 December 2021
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 26.43 2018 World Championships (25 m) Hangzhou, China 15 December 2018
100 m freestyle 53.32 2019 International Swimming League – Final Las Vegas, United States 20 December 2019
200 m freestyle 1:51.38 2018 World Championships (25 m) Hangzhou, China 11 December 2018 CR, OC
400 m freestyle 3:53.92 2018 World Championships (25 m) Hangzhou, China 14 December 2018 Former WR
800 m freestyle 8:13.41 2018 Australian Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne, Australia 25 October 2018
Legend: WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record; CR – Commonwealth record; NR – Australian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

World records

Long course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x200 m freestyle relay[a] 7:41.50 2019 World Aquatic Championships Gwangju, South Korea 25 July 2019 Former [10]
2 400 m freestyle 3:56.40 2022 Australian Swimming Championships Adelaide, Australia 22 May 2022 Former [16][17][18]
3 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] 7:39.29 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 31 July 2022 Former [19]
4 400 m freestyle 3:55.38 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 23 July 2023 Current [20]
5 4x200 m freestyle relay[c] 7:37.50 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 27 July 2023 Current [21]

a split 1:54.27 (1st leg); with Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
b split 1:52.82 (4th leg); with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (3rd leg)
c split 1:52.41 (4th leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Brianna Throssell (3rd leg)

Short course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 400 m freestyle 3:53.92 2018 World Championships (25 m) Hangzhou, China 14 December 2018 Former [22]

Olympic records

Long course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 200 m freestyle 1:53.50 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 28 July 2021 Current [23]

Awards and honours

References

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Records Preceded by Katie Ledecky Summer McIntosh Women's 400-metre freestyleworld record-holder (long course) 22 May 2022 – 28 March 2023 23 July 2023 – Succeeded by Summer McIntoshIncumbent Preceded by Wang Jianjiahe Women's 400-metre freestyleworld record-holder (short course) 14 December 2018 – 27 October 2022 Succeeded by Li Bingjie
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