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| Full name | Eamon Wade Sullivan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Sullo"," Mondo", "Mad Dog"[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1985-08-30)30 August 1985 (age 40) Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | EamonSullivan.com.au | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eamon Wade Sullivan (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former sprintswimmer, three-time Olympic medallist, and former world record-holder in two events. He was also the winner of the first season ofCelebrity MasterChef Australia, and followed up his swimming career with a number of food business ventures.
In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 mfreestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam at theTrans-Tasman series.[citation needed]
At the 2004 Olympic trials he grabbed a spot in the 4x100 Freestyle relay team by finishing fourth in the final.[citation needed] At the2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Sullivan was the youngest male in the Australian Olympic Team and improved his Personal Best in the heat time that gained him a spot in the final of the 4 × 100 m freestyle, in which Australia was dethroned in the event they had won 4 years ago in Sydney.
In July 2005 he was sidelined with a hip injury and missed theWorld Aquatics Championships.[citation needed]
In March 2006 he won gold in 4 × 100 m medley and silver in 4 × 100 m freestyle at the2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, setting a new Commonwealth record. He also swam in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay to capture silver. In December, at the Australian National Championships he broke the 50 m national record in 22.00 s.
In July 2007, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle at the Santa Clara International Invitational Grand Prix in California in 22.30 s. Also in July, he clocked 21.62 s to slash 0.07 s offBrett Hawke's 7-year-old 50 m Short Course Australian record at Telstra Grand Prix2 in Canberra. Earlier in 2007, he set another national record atFINA/ARENA World Cup atSOPAC in the 100 m freestyle heats, clocking a time of 47.29 s and shaving 0.26 s of his previous best set in Canberra.[citation needed]
Sullivan has also sustained several injuries throughout his career. He has struggled with hip problems and has had allegedly 6 hip operations, along with numerous shoulder sprains.[citation needed]
At the2008 Beijing Olympics, leading off Australia in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final he set a new world record for the 100 m freestyle with a time of 47.24 seconds, winning bronze. In the subsequent individual 100 m freestyle, Sullivan emerged as the fastest swimmer from the heats and semi-finals,Alain Bernard of France re-claimed the World Record set by Sullivan in the relay with a time of 47.20 s. Five minutes later, Sullivan reclaimed the World Record in the second semi-final in time of 47.05 s. In the finals, Sullivan won the silver medal, edged out by Bernard by 0.11 s. In the 50m final, Sullivan finished in a disappointing 6th place.
Just two weeks before the2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Sullivan was ruled out from competing due to a virus.[3] Two months later, Sullivan's training camp came to an end when he underwent an appendectomy.[4] He was attending a high-altitude training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, when he became ill. Sullivan was a member of the controversial Australian Olympic swimming team during the2012 Summer Olympics in London, and competed in the Australian men's 4 × 100 metre relay team. The squad and team were hounded by allegations of bullying, alcohol and drug abuse and he made a media appearance to both acknowledge and deny specific allegations, along with team membersTommaso D'Orsogna,James Magnussen,Cameron McEvoy andMatt Targett.[5]
At the 2014 Australian Trials in Brisbane, Sullivan made his comeback official, winning the 50m freestyle and securing him a spot on the roster for the Commonwealth Games team.[6] In July 2014, Sullivan announced his immediate retirement from competitive swimming, citing ongoing injury as the overriding factor in his decision to retire.[7]
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Sullivan became the fastest swimmer in history after he broke the world 50 m freestyle record at the 2008NSW Open Championships atSydney International Aquatic Centre. He timed 21.56 to slash 0.08 off the 21.64 set by the RussianAlexander Popov atMoscow in June 2000. However his time was beaten to 21.50 by FrenchAlain Bernard on 23 March 2008. He significantly improved his last PB standing at 22.00 s.[citation needed] He declared he had had positive feelings of being in a good form for the race earlier on. Shortly after, he swam forWest Coast club in the 4 × 100 m freestyle Relay and clocked 48.11 s, cutting 0.07 offMichael Klim record set for Australian relay at the2000 Olympics. His time was also a Commonwealth record, knocking 0.06 s off the previous time gained bySouth AfricanRoland Schoeman.
On 27 March 2008 at Australian Olympic Trials at the same venue he regained his title as the 50 m freestyle world record holder with a time of 21.41 s, then broke his own record a day later with 21.28 s. He was bettered byFrédérick Bousquet with a time of 20.94 s on 26 April 2009.
On 11 August 2008, he broke the 100 meter freestyle world record in the first leg of the 4x100 relay with a time of 47.24,[8] Australia finished under the previous world record, broke the Oceania record and finished third in the relay in a time of 3.09.91.[9] Before the Olympics, the Australian record was 3.13.67 in winning the event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. On 13 August 2008, after losing his world record to the previous holderAlain Bernard, Sullivan clocked 47.05 s to set another world record. The 100m free record was then broken by Brazilian sprinterCésar Cielo at the2009 FINA World Championships on 7 July 2009 and now stands at 46.91.
In 2009, Sullivan won thefirst season ofCelebrity MasterChef Australia beatingKirk Pengilly andRachael Finch.[10] In 2011, Sullivan competed in the third season of theChannel Seven television seriesAustralia's Greatest Athlete. He also made a guest appearance in the third season ofMasterChef Australia, cooking the Chocolate Délice dish that earned him the title of Celebrity MasterChef in 2009.[11] In 2013, he became a team captain on the Australian version of the panel showA League of Their Own.
Sullivan competed in thefourteenth season ofDancing with the Stars, and was the fourth person eliminated.
Sullivan had dreamt of owning a restaurant since taking home economics in high school.[12] Following his retirement from swimming, Sullivan now manages several restaurants in and around Perth, in Western Australia.[13]
In 2011, Sullivan opened a cafe inSubiaco called Louis Baxters, with Laki Baker, a producer onMasterChef Australia.[12] Sullivan sold Louis Baxters in 2017.[14][15] In March 2013, Sullivan opened Bib & Tucker, a beachside restaurant inNorth Fremantle.[12] Sullivan co-owns the restaurant with pole vaulterSteve Hooker and field hockey playerJamie Dwyer.[16] Scott Bridger is the executive chef at the restaurant.[17]
In February 2015, Sullivan opened May Street Larder inEast Fremantle.[18] In April 2019, Bridger and Sullivan opened a second May Street Larder inMount Hawthorn.[7] The Mount Hawthorn location closed in January 2020. Bridger and Sullivan split the site and redeveloped it into two new venues: Sammy's, a sandwich bar, and Pogo, a Middle Eastern eatery.[19]
In October 2018, in partnership with Andy Freeman and Bridger, Sullivan opened Goody Two's, a Japanese whiskey bar located at Hibernian Place in the Perth CBD.[20][21]
Sullivan attended high school atJohn XXIII College in the Perth suburb ofMount Claremont.[12]
In April 2016, Sullivan married Perth lawyer Naomi Bass.[22] The couple have two children: a son born in July 2017[13] and a daughter born in August 2019.[23]
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| Preceded by | Men's 50 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 17 February 2008 – 23 March 2008 27 March 2008 – 26 April 2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Men's 100 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 11 August 2008 – 13 August 2008 13 August 2008 – 30 July 2009 | Succeeded by |
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