Cate Campbell

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Full Name:	Cate Campbell
Born:	May 20th, 1992
	Malawai
Nationality:	Australia
Status:	Retired

Cate Campbell Born May 20, 1992 Cate Campbell is an Australian Olympian. Originally from Malawai, Campbell grew up in Africa, but moved over to Australia in 2001. The future Olympian quickly took up competitive swimming - within just six years, she was named a Youth Olympian, and qualified for her first Olympics at age 16. Campbell is an animal lover, and has numerous pets including a pig, lizards and chickens. She currently trains with Commercial, under Coach Simon Cusack. Family success As the oldest of five Campbell siblings, the swimming gene runs in the family - her younger sister, Bronte, is also an elite, and world-ranked swimmer. They were the first Australian siblings to qualify for the same event at any Olympic Games in history. Standing just over 6-feet tall, Campbell and her sister are both elite sprinters. Spokesman for positive body image Campbell struggled with body-image issues, questioning whether being skinny would make her more successful. She currently is a spokesman for the Swimming Queensland Growing up in Lycra program, which fights to teach girls to be strong, and not just skinny. Gold-medal wining breakout At the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney Campbell came out with two gold medals from swims in the 50m freestyle and …

2019 Sydney Open BONUS Photo Vault

Cameron McEvoy was just one of many stars in the water over the weekend racing at the inaugural Sydney Open. Take a look at who else got wet.

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2019 Sydney Open Photo Vault

Catch some of the vivid images from the inaugural Sydney Open, courtesy of Swimming NSW/Hanson Media.

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2019 FINA Champions Swim Series – Budapest: Day 2 Live Recap

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2019 FINA Champions Swim Series – Budapest: Day 1 Live Recap

Katinka Hosszu headlines the action at the second FINA Champions Series stop in Budapest.

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Eat, Sleep, Train: Cate Campbell’s 3-Word Life Heading Into Aussie Trials

Eat. Sleep. Train. = That Cate Campbell Life

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Campbell Produces Another Sub-53, While Seto Takes Out Horton In 4Free

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Inaugural Sydney Open Meet Brings Aussie Talent Trove

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