20 Facts About Emily Seebohm

Emily Seebohm has appeared at four Olympic Games between 2008 and 2021; and won three Olympic gold medals, five world championship gold medals and seven Commonwealth Games gold medals.

In 2009, Seebohm was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.

Emily Seebohm appeared as a contestant in the 8th season of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity.

Emily Seebohm was born on 5 June 1992 in Adelaide, South Australia.

Emily Seebohm's father John Seebohm was an accomplished footballer in the SANFL, who played over 300 games for the Glenelg Tigers.

At the age of 14, Emily Seebohm won the 100 m backstroke at the 2007 Australian Championships, the selection meet for the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.

Emily Seebohm placed fourth in the final of the 100 m backstroke and 14th in the 50 m backstroke.

On 6 March 2008 at the Brisbane Catholic Schoolgirls Championships, Emily Seebohm broke the 50 m backstroke Commonwealth and Australian records with a time 28.10 seconds, missing Li Yang's then world record of 28.09 by one hundredth of a second.

On 22 March 2008, Emily Seebohm broke the world record in the 50 m backstroke in the semi-finals of the 2008 Australian Championships, with a time of 27.95s, taking five hundredths of a second off Hayley McGregory's world record of 28.00 set only 15 days earlier on 7 March 2008.

Emily Seebohm decided not to swim in the final of this event as it is not an Olympic event and instead decided to focus on the semi-final of the 100 m backstroke.

Emily Seebohm's decision paid off when she became the first Australian woman to break the one-minute barrier in the event, her 59.78 making her the fifth-fastest of all-time.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Emily Seebohm placed ninth overall in the 100 m backstroke, barely missing a spot in the final.

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Emily Seebohm won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke with a time of 58.88.

At the 2009 Australian Short Course Championships, Emily Seebohm broke the world record in the 100 m IM in 58.54.

Emily Seebohm was tracked by the BBC as part of their series World Olympic Dreams, which followed her as she prepared for London 2012.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Emily Seebohm set a new Olympic record in a 100m backstroke qualifier and was heavily backed to win the gold in the final of the event but fell just short and gained a silver medal.

In 2015, Emily Seebohm began a relationship with fellow swimmer, Mitch Larkin.

In 2019, Emily Seebohm moved on with breakfast radio host David Lutteral, however after more than a year of dating, the pair split in March 2021.

Emily Seebohm confirmed in December 2022 that she was dating Ryan Gallagher, who she met while filming The Challenge Australia.

Emily Seebohm, who has endometriosis, is an ambassador for the non-profit organisation Endometriosis Australia.