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 Gould in 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shane Elizabeth Gould | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1956 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shane Elizabeth Gould AM MBE (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer. She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she won the fifth season of Australian Survivor, becoming the oldest winner of any Survivor franchise.
Gould was born in Australia, but spent most of her childhood in Fiji after she and her family moved there. At age 15, Gould competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, winning three gold medals. Gould was named the Australian of the Year in 1972, and received an MBE in 1983. In April 2018, Gould was awarded an Order of Merit by the Australian Olympic Committee.[1][2]
Gould returned in the 1990s as a swimming mentor and competitor. She competed in competitive swimming again in 2003, participating in the 200m Individual Medley.[3] In 1999, she published her autobiography Tumble Turns. In 2018, she competed on Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders and won, winning $500,000 as the Sole Survivor.[4] Gould later returned for Australian Survivor: All Stars, but was voted out first.
- ^ "Shane Gould". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Shane Gould MBE Olympic Swimmer, AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 1972". Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Shane Gould | Sport Australia Hall of Fame". Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Olympic Great Shane Gould Wins Australian Survivor". Swimming World News. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022.