Susie O'Neill
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Women's Swimming | |||
| Gold | Atlanta 1996 | 200m Butterfly | |
| Gold | Sydney 2000 | 200m Freestyle | |
| Silver | Atlanta 1996 | 4x100m Medley Relay | |
| Silver | Sydney 2000 | 200m Butterfly | |
| Silver | Sydney 2000 | 4x100m Medley Relay | |
| Silver | Sydney 2000 | 4x200m Freestyle Relay | |
| Bronze | Barcelona 1992 | 200m Butterfly | |
| Bronze | Atlanta 1996 | 4x200m Freestyle Relay | |
Susan "Susie" O'Neill (born August 2, 1973) is an Australian former competitive swimmer from Brisbane, Queensland, who was famously nicknamed "Madame Butterfly". She won the 200 m butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 200 m freestyle in Sydney.
After winning a gold and a silver medal in her first attendance at an international competition at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, O'Neill never failed to win a medal at any international meet she attended, right up until her final Olympics in front of a home crowd in Australia. At the 2000 Australia Trials before the Sydney Olympics, she broke the 19-year old world record of Mary T. Meagher in the women's 200m butterfly, but was beaten at the Sydney games by American Misty Hyman, a relative unknown.
O'Neill is now married to Cliff Fairley and a mother of two children, Alix and William. She commentated at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
On March 10, 2007, O'Neill was honoured by having the temporary swimming pool in the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne named after her for the duration of the 12th FINA World Championships, the site of the swimming events.
[edit] External links
- FINA profile for Susie O'Neill
- Swimming Australia profile for Susie O'Neill
- Olympic Swimmer Susie O'Neill - ABC Queensland (Australian Broadcasting Corporation website)
- Susie O'Neill at the Internet Movie Database
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| Olympic champions in women's 200 m freestyle |
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| 1968: Debbie Meyer | 1972: Shane Gould | 1976: Kornelia Ender | 1980: Barbara Krause | 1984: Mary Waite | 1988: Heike Friedrich | 1992: Nicole Haislett | 1996: Claudia Poll | 2000: Susie O'Neill | 2004: Camelia Potec |
| Olympic champions in women's 200 m butterfly |
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| 1968: Ada Kok | 1972: Karen Moe | 1976: Andrea Pollack | 1980: Ines Geißler | 1984: Mary T. Meagher | 1988: Kathleen Nord | 1992: Summer Sanders | 1996: Susie O'Neill | 2000: Misty Hyman | 2004: Otylia Jędrzejczak |
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