Emma McKeon: Daily Routine

Mornings start with laps and Weet-Bix, afternoons are for high-lactate sets, and by 9pm, Emma McKeon is lights out.

With 11 Olympic medals — including one gold, two silvers and a bronze from the 2016 Summer Olympics, and four golds and three bronzes from the 2020 Summer Olympics — Emma McKeon is the most decorated Australian Olympian of all time.

At the 2020 games, she was the most decorated athlete across all sports, and she has tied with Ian Thorpe for the most number of Olympic gold medals won over the course of an Australian athlete’s career.

But her path to sports history has been a rollercoaster ride.

Born on 24 May 1994 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, McKeon was destined for swimming greatness. She is the daughter of Rob McKeon, four-time Commonwealth gold medalist and two-time Olympian, and Susie, also a swimmer who competed in the Commonwealth Games.