Meg Harris
{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Meg Harris
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM|size=100}}
| image =
| nationality = Australian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Albury, New South Wales, Australia
| height = 1.80 m
| weight =
| club = Rackley
| coach = Damien Jones
| strokes = Freestyle
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCount
|total=yes
|Olympic Games|2|2|1
|World Championships (LC)|4|2|1
|World Championships (SC)|2|4|0
|Commonwealth Games|1|1|0
|World Junior Championships|0|1|2
|Commonwealth Youth Games|1|0|0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2024}}|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|4x100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Budapest|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Budapest|Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Fukuoka|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Fukuoka|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Fukuoka|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Budapest|50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Melbourne | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold |2022 Melbourne| 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver |2022 Melbourne| 4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver |2022 Melbourne| 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver |2022 Melbourne| 4×50 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | 2024 Budapest | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Budapest|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Budapest|50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Budapest|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Youth Games}}
{{MedalGold|Nassau 2017|50 m freestyle}}
}}
Meg Harris, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|OAM}} (born 7 March 2002) is an Australian swimmer. She is a world record holder in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1482907-harris-meg.htm|title=Swimming - HARRIS Meg|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|access-date=24 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725183539/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1482907-harris-meg.htm|url-status=dead}} and also in the 2024 Summer Olympics, having won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. Harris also won an individual silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 50 m freestyle. She is also the co-founder of the clothing brand Dally&Co Label.
Background
Harris attended Mt St Michael's College in Ashgrove, Brisbane.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Career
=2020 Olympics=
During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Harris swam the second leg for the gold medal-winning Australian Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team in the final. The Australian women broke the world record with a time of 3:29.69. Harris's split was 53.09.[https://www.fina.org/competitions/5/olympic-games-tokyo-2020/results?disciplines=SW&event=e2210026-833f-4022-80d7-81045556ac4e&unit=final "4x100m Freestyle Relay result]. (25 July 2021). FINA Retrieved 3 December 2021. She also swam the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with a split of 1:57.01. Harris did not swim in the final where the Australians finished third, but received a bronze medal for swimming in the heats of the relay.{{Cite web|date=28 July 2021|title=4×200m freestyle relay heats|url=https://www.fina.org/competitions/5/olympic-games-tokyo-2020/results?disciplines=SW&event=b1ac2ccf-d021-437c-aa28-7674e8c9f825&unit=heat-2|work=FINA|access-date=3 December 2021}}
After the Olympics Harris moved from Brisbane, where she had been coached by Dean Boxall, to Adelaide, where she came under the tutelage of noted sprint coach Peter Bishop.
=2022=
In January 2022, Harris broke her arm and announced the injury on Instagram.Race, Retta (8 January 2022). [https://swimswam.com/aussie-world-record-holder-meg-harris-suffers-arm-injury/ "Aussie World Record Holder Meg Harris Suffers Arm Injury"]. SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022. Harris later announced the injury was not training related and she attained the broken arm when she accidentally ran a scooter into a rock.Keith, Braden (11 January 2022). [https://swimswam.com/olympic-gold-medalist-meg-harris-broke-her-arm-while-riding-a-scooter/ "Olympic Gold Medalist Meg Harris Broke Her Arm While Riding A Scooter"]. SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
In the 2022 Australia Day Honours, Harris was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-26|title=Australia Day Honours List|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-01/ad22_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf|access-date=2022-01-25|website=The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia}}
=2023=
At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, Harris swam the third leg in the Australia women’s 4x100m freestyle relay along with Shayna Jack, Mollie O’Callaghan and Emma McKeon to break the world record in a time of 3:27.96. The previous record also by an Australian team was 3:29.69. Harris also won another gold medal as an heat swimmer in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay and silver medal as a heat swimmer in the women’s 4x100m medley relay.
In August Harris announced she would move from the South Australia Sports Institute (SASI) to join the Rackley Swim Team in Brisbane under Damien Jones.
World records
=Long course metres=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| No.
! Event ! Time ! Meet ! Location ! Date ! Status ! Ref |
|---|
| 1
| 4x100 m freestyle relay {{ref label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} | align="center" | 3:29.69 | align="center" | 25 July 2021 | align="center" | Former |
| 2
| 4x100 m freestyle relay {{ref label|relay2 teammates|b|b}} | align="center" | 3:27.96 | 2023 World Aquatics Championships | align="center" | 23 July 2023 | align="center" | Current |
{{note label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} split 53.09 (2nd leg); with Bronte Campbell (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
{{note label|relay2 teammates|b|b}} split 52.29 (3rd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
=Short course metres=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| No.
! Event ! Time ! Meet ! Location ! Date ! Status ! Ref |
|---|
| 1
| 4x100 m freestyle relay{{ref label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} | align="center" | 3:25.43 | 2022 World Championships (25 m) | align="center" | 13 December 2022 | align="center" | Former |
{{note label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} split 52.00 (3rd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
Olympic records
=Long course metres=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| No.
! Event ! Time ! Meet ! Location ! Date ! Age ! Status ! Notes ! Ref |
|---|
| 1
| 4x100 m freestyle relay {{ref label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} | align="center" | 3:29.69 | align="center" | 25 July 2021 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | Former |
| 2
| 4x100 m freestyle relay (2){{ref label|relay2 teammates|b|b}} | align="center" | 3:28.92 | align="center" | 27 July 2024 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | Current | | align="center" | {{cite web|title=Australian women break own Olympic Record with 3:28.92 4x100 Free relay/ |url=https://swimswam.com/australian-women-break-own-olympic-record-with-328-92-4x100-free-relay/ |publisher=SwimSwam|date=27 July 2024|access-date=9 August 2024}} |
{{Swimmingrecordlegend|WR=yes|OC=yes|NR=yes|nation=Australian}}
{{note label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} split 53.09 (2nd leg); with Bronte Campbell (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
{{note label|relay2 teammates|b|b}} split 51.94 (4th leg) with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg)
See also
References
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External links
- {{International Swimming League|harris-meg|archive=20210507132044}}
- {{sports links|properties=-P2640,-P5815}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20240728232355/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/meg-harris_1946212 Meg Harris] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/meg-harris_1946212 alternate link])
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|50683}}
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Freestyle Relay Women}}
{{Footer World LC Champions 4x100m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer World SC Champions 4x100m Freestyle Women}}
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