Cate Campbell Nationality:  Australia Date of birth: 20 May 1992 (1992-05-20) (age 16) Place of birth: Blantyre, Malawi

Medal record Bronze Beijing 2008 4x100 m freestyle relay Bronze Beijing 2008 50 m freestyle

Cate Campbell (born 20 May 1992, in Blantyre, Malawi) is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming. In 2007, she went to the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney and won two gold medals in the 50 m individual freestyle and 4 x 100 m freestyle relay. She followed this up in 2008 with a victory in the 50 m freestyle at the Japan Open, beating compatriot Libby Trickett and setting new Australian and Commonwealth records with her time of 24.48 seconds. She currently studies at Kenmore State High School in Brisbane, Queensland.

Beijing Olympics 2008

Cate was the fastest qualifier into the 50m Freestyle Semi-Finals, after recording a time of 24.20 seconds. This placed her in Lane 4 in the Semi-Finals, against the World Record holder Lisbeth Trickett. In Semi-Final 2, Campbell placed second in a time of 24.42 seconds, placing her in Lane 5 for the final. In the final, she placed 3rd in a time of 24.17.

See also

• Commonwealth Games records in swimming

References

• Australian Olympic Committee profile
• "Meet the next teen queen", Sydney Morning Herald, 2 August 2008