25 Facts About Nicole Livingstone

Since retiring from swimming Livingstone has had careers as a television sports commentator and media presenter and as a sports administrator.

Nicole Livingstone was known for a period as Nicole Stevenson, when she was married to Australian cyclist Clayton Stevenson.

Nicole Livingstone grew up in Melbourne and started swimming at 9.

Nicole Livingstone had an older brother, Gary and older sister, Karen.

Nicole Livingstone competed for Australia in three summer Olympics - 1988,1992, and 1996 - winning both individual and team medals.

Nicole Livingstone was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

Nicole Livingstone held the Australian record for the 200-metre backstroke, with at time of 2:10.20, set on 31 July 1992 at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain for 16 years.

Nicole Livingstone is the only Australian swimmer to have competed in six successive Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

Nicole Livingstone's coaches included Bill Nelson at Melbourne Vicentre and Gennadi Touretski.

In 2017 Nicole Livingstone co-hosted Sideliners with Tegan Higginbotham on the ABC which was looking to put a female lens on sport.

Nicole Livingstone has been a sports presenter on Nine News PM Edition and a fill in presenter on Network Ten's Sports Tonight.

Since her retirement, Nicole Livingstone has travelled to all six Summer Olympics and at the Commonwealth Games as a commentator for the swimming coverage.

Nicole Livingstone has worked for Amazon Prime Video in 2021 and 2022 commentating on the Australian Swimming Championships.

Nicole Livingstone has been a presenter for Melbourne station SEN 1116 and appeared on a number of programs including The Project and Q+A.

Nicole Livingstone has worked on multiple boards for various sporting bodies, including Swimming Australia, the Australian Sports Drug Agency, the Victorian Olympic Council, and the Victorian Institute of Sport.

Nicole Livingstone was elected to the board of the Australian Olympic Committee in 2013.

Between 2012 and 2016, Nicole Livingstone served as chief executive of the Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club.

In September 2024, Nicole Livingstone was appointed chief executive officer of the Victorian Institute of Sport.

At the time of her appointment to the board of Swimming Australia, Nicole Livingstone was a member of the VicHealth and State Sports Centre Trust boards.

Nicole Livingstone was married to cyclist Clayton Stevenson, and is currently married to cinematographer Marty Smith.

Nicole Livingstone has three children, twins Ella and Joshua in 2002, and a second son, Robinson in 2007.

Nicole Livingstone's mother died from ovarian cancer, and both Livingstone and her sister have both tested positive for the BRCA2 gene.

Nicole Livingstone was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1997 for service to swimming as a representative at state, national and international levels.

Nicole Livingstone was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2006.

Nicole Livingstone was a finalist for Veuve Clicquot BOLD Woman award in 2021.