Leah Neale
Personal information
National teamAustralia
Born (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 28)[3]
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia[2]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubDC Trident[1]
Chandler [2]
CoachVince Raleigh
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships (LC) 3 1 1
World Championships (SC) 2 0 1
Total 5 2 3
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Honolulu 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Honolulu 400 m freestyle

Leah Neale (born 1 August 1995) is an Australian competitive swimmer currently swimming for DC Trident at the International Swimming League. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.[4] In the same event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal.

World records

Short course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x200 m freestyle relay[a] 7:30.87 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022 Current [5]

a split 1:52.67 (3rd leg), with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (2nd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)

References

  1. ^ Gibbs, Robert (11 June 2019). "natalie-coughlin-to-return-to-competition-with-the-dc-tridentfor-2019-international-swimming-league-finale". SwimSwam.
  2. ^ a b "Leah Neale". Australia Olympic Team. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Leah Neale". Rio 2016 Organizers. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leah Neale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

External links


World short-course champions in women's 4x200 m freestyle relay
Commonwealth champions in women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
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