Kaylee McKeown

McKeown was just 15 years old when she joined her older sister Taylor on the Australian Dolphins swim team. She was one of the youngest members.{{Cite web|title=Kaylee McKeown|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/kaylee-mckeown/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Australian Olympic Committee|language=en-AU|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815205615/https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/kaylee-mckeown/|url-status=live}} She currently trains with the Griffith University swim group with Michael Bohl as her coach.

When she was 15 years old, McKeown competed at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, held in August in Maui, Hawaii, United States, winning the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:10.01 and the bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 1:01.01.Hy-Tek (27 August 2016). [http://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/Jr%20PanPacs/2016/ "Meet Results: 2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822044708/http://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/Jr%20PanPacs/2016/ |date=22 August 2022 }}. swmeets.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

The following year, McKeown competed in the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, placing fourth in a World Junior Record time of 2:06.76.{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0202EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |title=Heats results |access-date=29 July 2017 |work=FINA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730014552/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0202EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |archive-date=30 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://fina-budapest2017.com/en/home |title=2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes |access-date=29 July 2017 |work=Budapest 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802184504/https://fina-budapest2017.com/en/home |archive-date=2 August 2019 |url-status=live }} McKeown earned her first senior international medal for swimming the heats of the mixed medley relay, in which Australia placed second in the final.{{Cite web |title=OMEGA Sports Live Timekeeping, Official Olympics Games Timekeeper |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=www.omegatiming.com |archive-date=15 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315172537/http://omegatiming.com/index_home.htm |url-status=live }}

As a 16-year-old the next year, she was the youngest woman on the Swimming Australia roster for the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.Brien, Taylor (4 July 2018). [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/australia-announces-33-swimmer-roster-for-2018-pan-pacific-championships/ "Australia Announces 33 Swimmer Roster for 2018 Pan Pacific Championships"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208033507/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/australia-announces-33-swimmer-roster-for-2018-pan-pacific-championships/ |date=8 December 2022 }}. Swimming World. Retrieved 8 December 2022. McKeown placed fifth in both the 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke events.{{Cite web |url=http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F003.htm |access-date=2023-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123201139/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F003.htm |archive-date=23 January 2015 }}{{Cite web |url=http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F021.htm |access-date=2023-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015001618/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F021.htm |archive-date=15 October 2014 }}

McKeown earned her first senior individual medal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships with a silver medal in the 200 metre backstroke event.

In 2020, McKeown broke her first World Record in the short course 200 metre backstroke event, swimming a time of 1:58.94 at the Australian Championships.{{Cite news |date=2020-11-28 |title=Aussie Kaylee McKeown smashes backstroke world record in virtual race run across five cities |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-28/kaylee-mckeown-smashes-short-course-200m-backstroke-world-record/12931506 |access-date=2023-11-24 |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031060704/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-28/kaylee-mckeown-smashes-short-course-200m-backstroke-world-record/12931506 |url-status=live }}

Leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics, McKeown was the fastest swimmer in the 200 metre individual medley but withdrew from the event to concentrate on the backstroke.{{cite web|last=Savage|first=Nic|title=Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown withdraws from 200m individual medley|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming/australian-swimmer-kaylee-mckeown-withdraws-from-200m-individual-medley/news-story/59ef77f6849ed68b5348290daebb9221|website=News.com.au|date=22 July 2021|access-date=12 August 2021|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806230719/https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming/australian-swimmer-kaylee-mckeown-withdraws-from-200m-individual-medley/news-story/59ef77f6849ed68b5348290daebb9221|url-status=live}} McKeown broke the world record in the 100 metre backstroke event at the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials swimming a time of 57.45.{{Citation |title=NEW WORLD RECORD {{!}} Kaylee Mckeown {{!}} 100m Backstroke | date=21 October 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WwOvGU0QPQ |access-date=2023-11-24 |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127073720/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WwOvGU0QPQ |url-status=live }}

McKeown won the 100 metre backstroke at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics setting a new Olympic record of 57.47 seconds and becoming the first Australian woman to win a backstroke event at an Olympic Games.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/results-women-s-100m-backstroke-fnl-000100-.htm |title=Swimming - Final Results |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901102415/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/results-women-s-100m-backstroke-fnl-000100-.htm |url-status=dead }} She also won the 200 metre backstroke event in a time of 2:04.68, and swam the backstroke leg on the gold medal winning women's medley relay.{{Cite web |title= |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBA------------FNL-000100--.pdf |access-date=2023-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822071929/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBA------------FNL-000100--.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2021 }}

Following the 2020 Games, McKeown's longtime Chris Mooney left USC Spartans on the Sunshine Coast and moved to become head coach at Bond University on the Gold Coast. McKeown then transferred to Griffith University Swimming Club on the Gold Coast to train under Michael Bohl, who was best known for coaching Olympic Champions Emma McKeon and Stephanie Rice.

Following her performances at the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, held in Sydney in August, McKeown was named to the roster for the 2022 World Short Course Championships.[https://www.swimming.org.au/articles/dolphins-named-for-home-world-short-course-championships "Dolphins Named For Home World Short Course Championships"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905002452/https://www.swimming.org.au/articles/dolphins-named-for-home-world-short-course-championships |date=5 September 2022 }}. Swimming Australia. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022. On the first day of competition, she ranked twelfth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre backstroke, qualifying for the semifinals with her time of 57.11 seconds.FINA (13 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095625/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 December 2022. Later in the morning, she qualified for the final of the 200 metre individual medley with an overall rank of fourth in the preliminaries with a time of 2:06.07.FINA (13 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219084602/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=19 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 December 2022. In the evening session, she started off with a bronze medal-win in the 200 metre individual medley in an Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian record time of 2:03.57 before qualifying for the final of the 100 metre backstroke approximately 20 minutes later with a time of 56.35 seconds that ranked her sixth across both semifinal heats.FINA (13 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095622/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 December 2022.FINA (13 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095607/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 December 2022.Keith, Braden (13 December 2022). [https://swimswam.com/kaylee-mckeown-shaves-a-tenth-off-her-australian-record-in-the-200-im/ "Kaylee McKeown Shaves a Tenth Off Her Australian Record in the 200 IM"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221181703/https://swimswam.com/kaylee-mckeown-shaves-a-tenth-off-her-australian-record-in-the-200-im/ |date=21 December 2022 }}. SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

On day two, McKeown won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a personal best time of 55.49 seconds.FINA (14 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 100m Backstroke Final Results"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095613/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 December 2022.Pérez, Marta (14 December 2022). [https://www.mundodeportivo.com/natacion/20221214/1001906659/mckeown-pallister-sellan-doblete-australiano-melbourne.html "McKeown y Pallister sellan el doblete australiano en Melbourne"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223161405/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/natacion/20221214/1001906659/mckeown-pallister-sellan-doblete-australiano-melbourne.html |date=23 December 2022 }} (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 23 December 2022. The morning of day three, she ranked tenth in the preliminaries of the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 26.24 seconds and advanced to the semifinals.FINA (15 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095629/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 December 2022. In the evening semifinals, she placed ninth with a time of 26.09 seconds.FINA (15 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095607/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 December 2022. Two days later, she swam the backstroke portion of the 4×50 metre medley relay in the preliminaries in a time of 26.42 seconds, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking first in an Oceanian and Australian record time of 1:44.78.FINA (17 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205F60101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095718/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205F60101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 December 2022. When the finals relay placed first in a time of 1:42.35, she won a gold medal for her efforts in the preliminaries.FINA (17 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205F60104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095607/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205F60104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

Day six of six, McKeown started in the morning in the preliminaries of the 200 metre backstroke, where she ranked second in 2:02.32 and advanced to the final.FINA (18 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095606/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 December 2022. In the final, she was the only one to finish in a time faster than 2:00.00, winning the gold medal with a 1:59.26 that was 0.32 seconds slower than her world record mark from 2020.FINA (18 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095710/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=21 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 December 2022. She concluded the session with a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, leading-off with a 55.74 for the backstroke portion to help finish in an Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian record time of 3:44.92.FINA (18 December 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219145059/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030205F70104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |date=19 December 2022 }}. Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

At the beginning of the 2023 season, McKeown broke the long course 200 metre backstroke world record at the 2023 NSW State Open Championships.{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=2023-03-10 |title=Kaylee McKeown Crushes 2:03.14 200 Backstroke World Record |url=https://swimswam.com/kaylee-mckeown-crushes-203-14-200backstroke-world-record/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220172430/https://swimswam.com/kaylee-mckeown-crushes-203-14-200backstroke-world-record/ |url-status=live }} With this record, McKeown became the second swimmer to hold the Olympic title, Commonwealth title, Long Course World Championship title, Short Course World Championship title, Long Course world record and Short Course world record in the same event concurrently, following compatriot Grant Hackett in the 1500 metre freestyle.{{Cite web |last=Sutherland |first=James |date=2023-12-20 |title=2023 Swammy Awards: Oceanian Female Swimmer of the Year – Kaylee McKeown |url=https://swimswam.com/2023-swammy-awards-oceanian-female-swimmer-of-the-year-kaylee-mckeown/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships McKeown swept the 50, 100 and 200 metre backstroke events, breaking the Oceanian record in the 50 metre backstroke and the championship record in the 100 metre backstroke.{{Cite web |title=World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka (JPN), Women's 50m Backstroke 50m dos - femmes, Results |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123042102/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |archive-date=23 November 2023 |access-date=30 April 2025}}{{Cite web |title=World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka (JPN), Women's 100m Backstroke 100m dos - femmes |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725115725/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2023 |access-date=30 April 2025}}{{Cite web |title=World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka (JPN), Women's 200m Backstroke 200m dos - femmes |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207080803/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2023 |access-date=30 April 2025}} McKeown became only the second swimmer to ever win the 50, 100 and 200 metre events of the same stroke during the same championships, after China's Qin Haiyang completed the breaststroke sweep the day prior.{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Yanyan |date=2023-07-28 |title=Qin Haiyang Breaks 200 Breast World Record (2:05.48), Completes First-Ever Stroke Sweep |url=https://swimswam.com/qin-haiyang-breaks-200-breast-world-record-205-48-completes-breaststroke-sweep/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124100430/https://swimswam.com/qin-haiyang-breaks-200-breast-world-record-205-48-completes-breaststroke-sweep/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hanson-Oceania |first=Ian |date=2023-07-29 |title=World Championships, Day Seven, 200m Backstroke: Kaylee McKeown Sweeps The Backstrokes Winning Australia's 12th Gold Medal of The Meet |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/world-championships-day-seven-200m-backstroke-kaylee-mckeown-sweeps-the-backstrokes-and-australias-12th-gold-medal-of-the-meet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124100428/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/world-championships-day-seven-200m-backstroke-kaylee-mckeown-sweeps-the-backstrokes-and-australias-12th-gold-medal-of-the-meet/ |archive-date=24 November 2023 |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Swimming World News |language=en-US}}

McKeown was the overall winner of the 2023 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup after sweeping the backstroke events at all three stops.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-22 |title=Backstroke queen Kaylee McKeown completes lucrative World Cup hat-trick |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/kaylee-mckeown-completes-backstroke-hattrick-swimming-world-cup/103008428 |access-date=2023-11-24 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124100431/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/kaylee-mckeown-completes-backstroke-hattrick-swimming-world-cup/103008428 |url-status=live }} At the final stop in Budapest, McKeown broke both the 50 metre and 100 metre backstroke world records (breaking her own world record in the latter) and became the first woman to break the long course 50, 100 and 200 metre backstroke world records during their career, and the first woman to hold all three concurrently.{{Cite web |last=Sutherland |first=James |date=2023-10-20 |title=Kaylee McKeown Blasts New World Record In Women's 50 Backstroke – 26.86 |url=https://swimswam.com/kaylee-mckeown-blasts-new-world-record-in-womens-50-backstroke-26-86/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023204256/https://swimswam.com/kaylee-mckeown-blasts-new-world-record-in-womens-50-backstroke-26-86/ |url-status=live }}

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McKeown won gold in the 100m backstroke in a time of 57.33,{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=Australia's Kaylee McKeown sweeps both Olympic backstroke events in Paris to match her feat in Tokyo |url=https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-0ace3a451e1701f4fa05d9cc5d3f06f8 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=AP News |language=en}} setting a new Olympic record, matching her Oceanian record and becoming the second woman to repeat gold in this event after American Natalie Coughlin. Days later, Mckeown won gold in the 200m backstroke, charging home to out split her nearest rival, American Regan Smith by over seven tenths of a second, setting a new Olympic record of 2.03.73,{{Cite web |last=Nelsen |first=Matt |title=Paris 2024 Swimming: Kaylee McKeown sets Olympic record and wins gold in women's 200m backstroke - full results |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-swimming-australia-mckeown-gold-200m-backstroke |website=Olympics.com}} beating the previous record set by American Missy Franklin at the 2012 London Olympics. Mckeown won the 100m and 200m backstroke events at the Paris Olympics, becoming the first woman in history to win both titles in two consecutive Olympic games and only the second person to ever achieve this, after East Germany's Roland Matthes. McKeown also won silver in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay and bronze in the 200 metre individual medley (after the original third placer Alexandra Walsh disqualified due to improper transition from backstroke to breaststroke) and mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay.

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• 2022 Australia Day Honours McKeown was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.{{Cite web|date=26 January 2022|title=Australia Day Honours List|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-01/ad22_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf|access-date=25 January 2022|website=The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126045436/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-01/ad22_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf|url-status=live}}
• 2023 Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards Female Able-Athlete of the Year{{Cite web |last=Commission |first=Australian Sports Commission; jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Sports |title=Swimming makes a big splash at AIS Performance Awards |url=https://www.ais.gov.au/media-centre/news/swimming-makes-a-big-splash-at-ais-performance-awards |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Australian Sports Commission |language=English |archive-date=12 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412073456/https://www.ais.gov.au/media-centre/news/swimming-makes-a-big-splash-at-ais-performance-awards |url-status=live }}
• 2023 World Aquatics Female Athlete of the Year{{Cite news|date=2023-10-24|title=Qin, McKeown named best swimmers of year by World Aquatics|language=en|work=The Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/qin-mckeown-named-best-swimmers-of-year-by-world-aquatics|access-date=2023-12-08|archive-date=25 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025014731/https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/qin-mckeown-named-best-swimmers-of-year-by-world-aquatics|url-status=live}}
• 2023 Swimming World Female Swimmer of the Year{{Cite web|date=December 13, 2023|title=Swimming World December 2023 - the 2023 Swimmers of the year|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-world-december-2023-the-2023-swimmers-of-the-year-available-now/|work=Swimming World|access-date=December 28, 2023|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228143452/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-world-december-2023-the-2023-swimmers-of-the-year-available-now/|url-status=live}}
• 2020 and 2023 SwimSwam Female Swimmer of the Year{{Cite web |last=Griffin |first=Sean |date=2023-12-29 |title=2023 Swammy Awards: Female Swimmer of the Year - Kaylee McKeown |url=https://swimswam.com/2023-swammy-awards-female-swimmer-of-the-year-kaylee-mckeown/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104114820/https://swimswam.com/2023-swammy-awards-female-swimmer-of-the-year-kaylee-mckeown/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Dornan |first=Ben |date=2021-01-04 |title=2020 Swammy For Female Swimmer Of The Year Goes To Australia's Kaylee McKeown |url=https://swimswam.com/2020-swammy-for-female-swimmer-of-the-year-goes-to-australias-kaylee-mckeown/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104114820/https://swimswam.com/2020-swammy-for-female-swimmer-of-the-year-goes-to-australias-kaylee-mckeown/ |url-status=live }}
• 2024 Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards Female Able-Athlete of the Year{{Cite web |last=Commission |first=Australian Sports Commission; jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Sports |title=Parker's remarkable Paris performance celebrated at AIS Awards |url=https://www.ais.gov.au/media-centre/news/parkers-remarkable-paris-performance-celebrated-at-ais-awards |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Australian Sports Commission |language=English}}

In August 2020, McKeown's father, Sholto, died after a two-year battle with brain cancer.{{Cite web|date=27 July 2021|title=Kaylee McKeown secures another gold for Australia as Olympic swimming tally rises|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/27/kaylee-mckeown-secures-another-gold-as-australias-olympic-swimming-tally-rises|access-date=27 July 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727021511/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/27/kaylee-mckeown-secures-another-gold-as-australias-olympic-swimming-tally-rises|url-status=live}} She has a tattoo on her foot in his memory that says, "I'll always be with you".{{Cite web|date=27 July 2021|title=Tragic detail in Australian star Kaylee McKeown's golden swim|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/tragic-detail-in-australian-star-kaylee-mckeowns-golden-swim/news-story/7eaa28e83efa1c8aba20a5f3af209dde|access-date=27 July 2021|website=NewsComAu|language=en|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727045505/https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/tragic-detail-in-australian-star-kaylee-mckeowns-golden-swim/news-story/7eaa28e83efa1c8aba20a5f3af209dde|url-status=live}}

McKeown has been dating fellow Australian national team member and 2020 Olympian Brendon Smith since November 2021. They broke up in August 2024, after the Olympic Games.Race, Retta (17 February 2022). [https://swimswam.com/now-under-michael-bohl-kaylee-mckeown-set-to-race-at-vidc-opoen/ "Now Under Michael Bohl, Kaylee McKeown Set To Race At Vic Open"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112205533/https://swimswam.com/now-under-michael-bohl-kaylee-mckeown-set-to-race-at-vidc-opoen/ |date=12 November 2022 }}. SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

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