1. Eamon Wade Sullivan was born on 30 August 1985 and is an Australian former sprint swimmer, three-time Olympic medallist, and former world record-holder in two events.
22 Facts About Eamon Sullivan
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Eamon Sullivan was the winner of the first season of Celebrity MasterChef Australia, and followed up his swimming career with a number of food business ventures.
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In July 2007, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle at the Santa Clara International Invitational Grand Prix in California in 22.30 s Also in July, he clocked 21.62 s to slash 0.07 s off Brett Hawke's 7-year-old 50 m Short Course Australian record at Telstra Grand Prix2 in Canberra.
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Eamon Sullivan has struggled with hip problems and has had allegedly 6 hip operations, along with numerous shoulder sprains.
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Just two weeks before the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Eamon Sullivan was ruled out from competing due to a virus.
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Eamon Sullivan was attending a high-altitude training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, when he became ill.
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At the 2014 Australian Trials in Brisbane, Eamon Sullivan made his comeback official, winning the 50m freestyle and securing him a spot on the roster for the Commonwealth Games team.
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In July 2014, Eamon Sullivan announced his immediate retirement from competitive swimming, citing ongoing injury as the overriding factor in his decision to retire.
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Eamon Sullivan became the fastest swimmer in history after he broke the world 50 m freestyle record at the 2008 NSW Open Championships at Sydney International Aquatic Centre.
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Eamon Sullivan timed 21.56 to slash 0.08 off the 21.64 set by the Russian Alexander Popov at Moscow in June 2000.
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Eamon Sullivan significantly improved his last PB standing at 22.00 s Eamon Sullivan declared he had had positive feelings of being in a good form for the race earlier on.
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Eamon Sullivan's time was a Commonwealth record, knocking 0.06 s off the previous time gained by South African Roland Schoeman.
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On 13 August 2008, after losing his world record to the previous holder Alain Bernard, Eamon Sullivan clocked 47.05 s to set another world record.
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In 2009, Eamon Sullivan won the first season of Celebrity MasterChef Australia beating Kirk Pengilly and Rachael Finch.
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In 2011, Eamon Sullivan competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.
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Eamon Sullivan made a guest appearance in the third season of MasterChef Australia, cooking the Chocolate Delice dish that earned him the title of Celebrity MasterChef in 2009.
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Eamon Sullivan competed in the fourteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, and was the fourth person eliminated.
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Eamon Sullivan had dreamt of owning a restaurant since taking home economics in high school.
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In 2011, Eamon Sullivan opened a cafe in Subiaco called Louis Baxters, with Laki Baker, a producer on MasterChef Australia.
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In February 2015, Eamon Sullivan opened May Street Larder in East Fremantle.
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In October 2018, in partnership with Andy Freeman and Bridger, Eamon Sullivan opened Goody Two's, a Japanese whiskey bar located at Hibernian Place in the Perth CBD.
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Eamon Sullivan attended high school at John XXIII College in the Perth suburb of Mount Claremont.