{"id":572387,"date":"2023-11-10T05:09:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=572387"},"modified":"2023-11-11T00:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T07:00:47","slug":"mollie-ocallaghan-named-australias-olympic-program-swimmer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mollie-ocallaghan-named-australias-olympic-program-swimmer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"World Beating Dolphin Mollie O\u2019Callaghan Named Australia\u2019s Olympic Program Swimmer Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>World Beating Dolphin Mollie O\u2019Callaghan Named Australia\u2019s Olympic Program Swimmer Of The Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dual world champion <strong>Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> has tonight joined swimming\u2019s elite as only the third female to win back-to-back Australian Swimmer of the Year Awards in Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\u2019Callaghan was named Olympic program Swimmer of the Year while <strong>Rowan Crothers <\/strong>and <strong>Chelsea Gubecka<\/strong> \u2013 both from Yeronga Park, QLD were named the Paralympic Program and Open Water Swimmers of the Year respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While O\u2019Callaghan\u2019s St Peters Western Head Coach <strong>Dean Boxall<\/strong> was named Olympic Program Coach of the Year and two-time Olympian <strong>Madi Wilson<\/strong> (Marion, SA) won the prestigious Swimmers Swimmer of the Year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_572451\" style=\"width: 782px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572451\" data-attachment-id=\"572451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mollie-ocallaghan-named-australias-olympic-program-swimmer-of-the-year\/newsarticleawardsnight\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"575,310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NewsArticleAwardsNight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mollie O&#8217;Callaghan, Rowan Crothers, Chelsea Gubecka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-572451\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight.jpeg\" alt=\"Swimming Australia Swimmer of the Year Awards\" width=\"772\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight.jpeg 575w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight-280x151.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight-300x162.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight-450x243.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NewsArticleAwardsNight-533x287.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-572451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TRIPLE TREAT: Mollie O&#8217;Callaghan, Rowan Crothers and Chelsea Gubecka. Photo Courtesy Swimming Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what a year it was for the 19-year-old O\u2019Callaghan from St Peters Western (QLD) defending her 100m freestyle world crown and proceeding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-four-finals-dolphins-teen-machine-mollie-ocallaghan-sinks-long-standing-200-freestyle-world-record-in-a-classic-aussie-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">break her first world record in winning the 200m freestyle<\/a> at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding three relay gold medals in the 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x100m Mixed freestyle relays to walk away with five gold medals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\u2019Callaghan joins <strong>Susie O\u2019Neill, <\/strong>who won back-to-back Swimmer of the Year Awards in 1995 and 1996 and <strong>Bronte Campbell,<\/strong> who shared with sister <strong>Cate Campbell,<\/strong> in 2012 and <strong>Emily Seebohm<\/strong> in 2015 as the third female to take out successive majors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also a big night for two-time Olympic golden girl O\u2019Neill who along with the legendary <strong>Murray Rose<\/strong> and <strong>Lorraine Crapp<\/strong>, was inducted into the Swimming Australia Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trio joining last year\u2019s inaugural inductees \u2013 <strong>Freddie Lane, Fanny Durack, Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould<\/strong> and<strong> Ian Thorpe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a red-hot field of nominations for the Olympic Program Swimmmer, O\u2019Callaghan beat recently crowned World Aquatics Swimmer of The Year <strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> (Griffith University), her St Peters Western team mate and 2019 winner <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> and men&#8217;s 400m freestyle world<\/span><\/strong> champion <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sam Short<\/strong> (Rackleys, QLD) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 without doubt the toughest of any award to be judged this year after Australia\u2019s women dominated 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\u2019Callaghan upset Olympic champion Titmus to take the 200m title in Fukuoka and in doing so lowered the long-standing previous world mark, set by Italy\u2019s <strong>Federica Pellegrini<\/strong>\u00a0in 2009.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\u2019Callaghan also helped Australia to three relay gold medals, two of these in world record time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Paralympic champion Crothers, the five-time world champion defended his 50m and 100m world championship titles in Manchester to maintain his claim as fastest freestyle sprinter with a disability in the world &#8211; winning back-to-back Paralympic Program Swimmer Awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While <strong>Gubecka\u2019s<\/strong> silver medal effort in the 10km at the World Championships in Fukuoka and her bronze medal in the 4x1500m mixed relay earned her the Open Water gong.<\/p>\n<p>The never-say-die Rio Olympian was also recently announced as the first athlete selected for the Paris 2024 Australian Olympic Team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2023 Swimming Australia Awards also marked a significant celebration of the sport\u2019s history, with the second unveiling of Swimming Australia&#8217;s Hall of Fame, established to recognise and celebrate those who have left an indelible mark on the sport at the international level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gubecka and Crothers coach, <strong>Kate Sparkes <\/strong>(Yeronga Park, QLD) won both\u00a0Paralympic Coach of the Year\u00a0and\u00a0Open Water Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Richard Sleight<\/strong>\u00a0was awarded the\u00a0<strong>National Age Coach of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0after the success of the St Peters Western club at the 2023 Australian Age Championships, with\u00a0<strong>Michaela Pattinson<\/strong>\u00a0(Carlile, NSW) named\u00a0<strong>Youth Coach of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0for her work with the Junior Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Alexa Leary<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(All Saints, QLD) was named<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>AIS\u00a0Discovery of the Yea<strong>r<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>following her breakthrough rookie campaign at the Manchester Para World Swimming Championships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Olivia Wunsch<\/strong>\u00a0(Carlile, NSW) was named the\u00a0Flippers Athlete of the Year\u00a0after a season that saw her star on the world stage with the Junior Dolphins at the recent Junior World Championships, while young swimmer\u00a0<strong>Eli Jack Bruggemann<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>was named the\u00a0Pho3nix Junior Excellence Swimmer of the Year<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other winners on the night included\u00a0<strong>David Cooper\u00a0<\/strong>as the Roger Smith Technical Official of the Year, with the <strong>Guilford<\/strong> <strong>Kalamunda Swimmimng Club<\/strong> <strong>(WA) <\/strong>winning Club of the Year, while <strong>Tony Ball<\/strong> (Kwinana Swimming Club, WA) named Local Legend of the Year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>2023 Swimming Australia Awards winners<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Olympic Program Swimmer of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nMollie O\u2019Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Paralympic Program Swimmer of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nRowan Crothers (Yeronga Park, QLD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Open Water Program Swimmer of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nChelsea Gubecka (Yeronga Park, QLD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>AIS Discovery of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nAlexa Leary (All Saints, QLD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Olympic Program Coach of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nDean Boxall (St Peters Western, QLD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Paralympic Program Coach of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nKate Sparkes (Yeronga Park, QLD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Open Water Program Coach of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nKate Sparkes (Yeronga Park, QLD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Roger Smith Technical Official of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Cooper (NSW)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Club of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nGuildford Kalamunda (WA)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Local Legend of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nTony Ball (Kwinana Swimming Club, WA)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Hall of Fame inductees<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nLorraine Crapp(NSW)<br \/>\nMurray Rose (NSW)<br \/>\nSusie O\u2019Neill (QLD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Swimmers\u2019 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