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| Born | (2006-05-31)31 May 2006 (age 18) North Sydney,New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Carlile Swim Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olivia Clare Wunsch (born 31 May 2006) is anAustralian Olympicswimmer. She competed at the2024 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 4×100m freestyle relay.
Wunsch was born on 31 May 2006 inNorth Sydney,New South Wales.[1][2] She started swimming at a young age for the Carlile Swim Centre inRyde, where she still trains.[3] She competed in her first state swimming tournament age eight and in 2017, she won several national championships at the Pacific School Games in thebutterfly andfreestyle sprint competitions.[3] In 2018, Wunsch participated at the School Sport Australia National Championships and won seven medals; at the event in 2019, she helped her relay team win the gold medal while winning an individual medal herself in the 50m freestyle.[3]
Wunsch won three silver medals at the 2021 Age Nationals and later that year qualified for the Australian junior national team.[3] At the 2022 long course NSW State Age tournament, she won nine individual gold medals.[3] She then won five medals (three silver, two bronze) at the Age Nationals and qualified for the junior national team again, earning her a spot at theJunior Pan Pacific Championships where she participated in five events, winning three medals.[3] At the2023 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships, Wunsch won six medals, including five gold, while she tied the championship record in the 50m freestyle and was part of the relay team setting the world junior record.[4][5][6][7]
Wunsch set several personal bests at the Australian Olympic swimming trials in 2024, qualifying her for the2024 Summer Olympics.[4][8] At the Olympics, she was part of the team that won the gold medal in the4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.[9] As a gold medallist, she was awarded theMedal of the Order of Australia in the2025 Australia Day Honours.[10]
