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Shane Gould

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.

Shane Gould
AM MBE
Gould in 1973
Personal information
Full nameShane Elizabeth Gould
National teamAustralia
Born (1956-11-23) 23 November 1956 (age 67)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
1972 Munich 200 m freestyle
1972 Munich 400 m freestyle
1972 Munich 200 m medley
1972 Munich 800 m freestyle
1972 Munich 100 m freestyle

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.

Early life edit

Gould was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on the first day of competition of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. She moved to Fiji with her family at the age of 18 months. By the age of six, she was a competent swimmer. She attended primary school at St. Peters Lutheran College, Brisbane, where a sporting house is named after her, and secondary school at Turramurra High School, Sydney, where a sporting house is also named after her and fellow Olympian Gail Neall.

She was trained by leading coaches Forbes and Ursula Carlile and their assistant Tom Green. She won all of her world swimming titles while a teenager, travelling widely.

Swimming career edit

 
Gould in 1972

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, Gould won three gold medals, setting a world record in each race. She also won a bronze and a silver medal.[5][6]

She is the only person, male or female, to hold every world freestyle record from 100 metres to 1500 metres and the 200-metre individual medley world record simultaneously, which she did from 12 December 1971 to 1 September 1972. She is the first female swimmer ever to win three Olympic gold medals in world record time, and the first swimmer, male or female, to win Olympic medals in five individual events in a single Olympics. She is also the only Australian to win three individual gold medals at a single Olympics.[7]

At the age of 16, she retired from competitive swimming, citing pressures placed upon her by her success and media profile.

Over two decades later, Gould returned to competitive swimming at Masters level. She set Australian Masters records (40–44 years 100m, 200 m, and 400 m freestyle, and 100 m butterfly) and 45–49 years (50 m butterfly, 100 m and 200 m freestyle). In 2003, she broke the world record for the 45–49 years 200 m individual medley in 2:38.13 (beating the 1961 world record for all ages).[8]

She coaches swimmers and still swims in Masters competitions.[9]

Later career edit

Education edit

Gould returned to study in the late 2000s. She studied at the Sydney Film School (2007, Cert IV documentary film, Digital Filmmaking) and was awarded a Master of Environmental Management (2010, with a thesis on the social uses and functions of public swimming pools), and a Master of Contemporary Art (2012, with a video piece Loops and Lines). Both degrees are from the University of Tasmania.[10] In 2019 she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Victoria University.

Olympics edit

In the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Gould carried the Olympic Torch at the stadium, as one of the runners for the final segment, before the lighting of the Olympic Flame.[11]

Photography edit

Gould is a photographer with works on display with the Art of the Olympians.[12]

Biography edit

In 1999, Gould published her autobiography Tumble Turns: An Autobiography.[13]

Australian Survivor edit

In August 2018, it was revealed that Gould would be participating in Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders and would be a part of the Champions tribe.[14] On 9 October 2018, Gould was crowned the winner of Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders in a 5–4 vote against criminal barrister Sharn Coombes.[15] With this win, Gould became the oldest person to ever win any international series of Survivor.

She later returned for Australian Survivor: All Stars, but was voted out first, finishing in 24th place.

Personal life edit

Gould spent most of the years after ending competitive swimming out of the public eye. She married Neil Innes at 18, became a Christian, and lived on a working farm near Margaret River in Western Australia's South West. She farmed and taught horseriding and surfing, making very few public appearances. She has four children and three grandchildren.[10]

Her marriage to Innes ended after 22 years, coinciding with a return to public life,[16] and she married Milton Nelms in 2007.[17][18]

On 10 October 2023, Gould was one of 25 Australians of the Year who signed an open letter supporting the Yes vote in the Indigenous Voice referendum, initiated by psychiatrist Patrick McGorry.[19][20]

Publications edit

  • Gould, S. 1999, updated 2003. Tumble Turns. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780732277673 (autobiography)
  • Gould, S. 2004. Fit for 50+. Ibis Publishing Australia.
  • Gould, S. 2007. Appreciating swimming: beauty and instruction with underwater swimmer photographs. Visual Communication 6: 170–179. doi:10.1177/1470357207077180

Honours and awards edit

 
Gould (right) with Sandra Neilson (left) and Shirley Babashoff (middle) in 1972

In 1993, the State Transit Authority named a RiverCat ferry after Gould.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Shane Gould". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Shane Gould | Sport Australia Hall of Fame". Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Olympic Great Shane Gould Wins Australian Survivor". Swimming World News. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Shane GOULD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Australian Olympic swimmer Shane Gould | naa.gov.au". www.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Shane Gould". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Shane Gould - Swimming Career".
  9. ^ "Swim for fun, not medals: Shane Gould". 7NEWS. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Shane Gould - About Shane".
  11. ^ "Olympedia – Shane Gould". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Shane Gould". artoftheolympians.org. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  13. ^ "SHANE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY - TUMBLE TURNS".
  14. ^ Anderson, Jared (25 June 2018). "Olympic Champ Shane Gould to Appear on Australian 'Survivor'". Swim Swan. Swim Swam Partners. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  15. ^ Bond, Nick; Paine, Hannah (9 October 2018). "'Enormous mistake' ruins runner-up". news.com.au. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Shane Gould - Shane's Autobiography".
  17. ^ Shane Gould website 8 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ ABCTV Australian Story On Bicheno Beach 10/09/2012
  19. ^ Butler, Josh (11 October 2023). "Australian of the Year winners sign open letter saying no vote in voice referendum would be a 'shameful dead end'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  20. ^ Winter, Velvet (10 October 2023). "Voice referendum live updates: Australians of the Year Yes vote letter in full". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  21. ^ Lewis, Wendy (2010). Australians of the Year. Pier 9 Press. ISBN 978-1-74196-809-5.
  22. ^ . ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  23. ^ It's an Honour: MBE
  24. ^ "Shane Gould". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  25. ^ It's an Honour: Australian Sports Medal
  26. ^ It's an Honour: Centenary Medal
  27. ^ "Olympic Great Shane Gould Wins Australian Survivor". 17 October 2018.
  28. ^ Hanson, Ian (28 August 2022). "Ian Thorpe, Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould Among First Inductees Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame". Swimming World. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

External links edit

Records
Preceded by Women's 100 metres freestyle
world record holder (long course)

30 April 1971 – 13 July 1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 200 metres freestyle
world record holder (long course)

1 May 1971 – 4 August 1972
1 September 1972 – 2 August 1974
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 400 metres freestyle
world record holder (long course)

30 April 1971 – 22 August 1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 800 metres Freestyle
world record holder (long course)

3 December 1971 – 6 August 1972
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 1500 metres freestyle
world record holder (long course)

12 December 1971 – 25 August 1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 200 metres individual medley
world record holder (long course)

28 August 1972 – 13 April 1973
Succeeded by

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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 Shane GouldAM MBEGould in 1973Personal informationFull nameShane Elizabeth GouldNational teamAustraliaBorn 1956 11 23 23 November 1956 age 67 Sydney New South Wales AustraliaHeight1 71 m 5 ft 7 in Weight59 kg 130 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyle medleyMedal record Women s swimmingRepresenting AustraliaOlympic Games1972 Munich 200 m freestyle1972 Munich 400 m freestyle1972 Munich 200 m medley1972 Munich 800 m freestyle1972 Munich 100 m freestyleGould 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 Contents 1 Early life 2 Swimming career 3 Later career 3 1 Education 3 2 Olympics 3 3 Photography 3 4 Biography 3 5 Australian Survivor 4 Personal life 5 Publications 6 Honours and awards 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksEarly life editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Shane Gould news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gould was born in Sydney New South Wales on the first day of competition of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne She moved to Fiji with her family at the age of 18 months By the age of six she was a competent swimmer She attended primary school at St Peters Lutheran College Brisbane where a sporting house is named after her and secondary school at Turramurra High School Sydney where a sporting house is also named after her and fellow Olympian Gail Neall She was trained by leading coaches Forbes and Ursula Carlile and their assistant Tom Green She won all of her world swimming titles while a teenager travelling widely Swimming career edit nbsp Gould in 1972At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich West Germany Gould won three gold medals setting a world record in each race She also won a bronze and a silver medal 5 6 She is the only person male or female to hold every world freestyle record from 100 metres to 1500 metres and the 200 metre individual medley world record simultaneously which she did from 12 December 1971 to 1 September 1972 She is the first female swimmer ever to win three Olympic gold medals in world record time and the first swimmer male or female to win Olympic medals in five individual events in a single Olympics She is also the only Australian to win three individual gold medals at a single Olympics 7 At the age of 16 she retired from competitive swimming citing pressures placed upon her by her success and media profile Over two decades later Gould returned to competitive swimming at Masters level She set Australian Masters records 40 44 years 100m 200 m and 400 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly and 45 49 years 50 m butterfly 100 m and 200 m freestyle In 2003 she broke the world record for the 45 49 years 200 m individual medley in 2 38 13 beating the 1961 world record for all ages 8 She coaches swimmers and still swims in Masters competitions 9 Later career editEducation edit Gould returned to study in the late 2000s She studied at the Sydney Film School 2007 Cert IV documentary film Digital Filmmaking and was awarded a Master of Environmental Management 2010 with a thesis on the social uses and functions of public swimming pools and a Master of Contemporary Art 2012 with a video piece Loops and Lines Both degrees are from the University of Tasmania 10 In 2019 she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy PhD degree from Victoria University Olympics edit In the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Gould carried the Olympic Torch at the stadium as one of the runners for the final segment before the lighting of the Olympic Flame 11 Photography edit Gould is a photographer with works on display with the Art of the Olympians 12 Biography edit In 1999 Gould published her autobiography Tumble Turns An Autobiography 13 Australian Survivor edit In August 2018 it was revealed that Gould would be participating in Australian Survivor Champions vs Contenders and would be a part of the Champions tribe 14 On 9 October 2018 Gould was crowned the winner of Australian Survivor Champions vs Contenders in a 5 4 vote against criminal barrister Sharn Coombes 15 With this win Gould became the oldest person to ever win any international series of Survivor She later returned for Australian Survivor All Stars but was voted out first finishing in 24th place Personal life editGould spent most of the years after ending competitive swimming out of the public eye She married Neil Innes at 18 became a Christian and lived on a working farm near Margaret River in Western Australia s South West She farmed and taught horseriding and surfing making very few public appearances She has four children and three grandchildren 10 Her marriage to Innes ended after 22 years coinciding with a return to public life 16 and she married Milton Nelms in 2007 17 18 On 10 October 2023 Gould was one of 25 Australians of the Year who signed an open letter supporting the Yes vote in the Indigenous Voice referendum initiated by psychiatrist Patrick McGorry 19 20 Publications editGould S 1999 updated 2003 Tumble Turns HarperCollins ISBN 9780732277673 autobiography Gould S 2004 Fit for 50 Ibis Publishing Australia Gould S 2007 Appreciating swimming beauty and instruction with underwater swimmer photographs Visual Communication 6 170 179 doi 10 1177 1470357207077180Honours and awards edit nbsp Gould right with Sandra Neilson left and Shirley Babashoff middle in 1972Best Sportswoman in the World 1971 ABC Sportswoman of the Year 1971 ABC Sportswoman of the Year 1972 Australian of the Year 1972 21 International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer 1977 22 Member of the Order of the British Empire 1981 23 Sport Australia Hall of Fame 1985 24 Olympic Order 1994 Olympic Torch bearer 2000 Australian Sports Medal 2000 25 Centenary Medal 2001 26 Sole Survivor 2018 Australian Survivor Champions Vs Contenders 27 Swimming Australia Hall of Fame 2022 inaugural inductee 28 In 1993 the State Transit Authority named a RiverCat ferry after Gould See also editList of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games List of Olympic medalists in swimming women World record progression 100 metres freestyle World record progression 200 metres freestyle World record progression 200 metres individual medley World record progression 400 metres freestyle World record progression 800 metres freestyle World record progression 1500 metres freestyleReferences edit 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 Shane GOULD Olympics com Retrieved 17 January 2022 Australian Olympic swimmer Shane Gould naa gov au www naa gov au Retrieved 17 January 2022 Shane Gould Australian Olympic Committee Retrieved 20 April 2016 Shane Gould Swimming Career Swim for fun not medals Shane Gould 7NEWS 30 July 2021 Retrieved 17 January 2022 a b Shane Gould About Shane Olympedia Shane Gould www olympedia org Retrieved 17 January 2022 Shane Gould artoftheolympians org Retrieved 5 October 2015 SHANE S AUTOBIOGRAPHY TUMBLE TURNS Anderson Jared 25 June 2018 Olympic Champ Shane Gould to Appear on Australian Survivor Swim Swan Swim Swam Partners Retrieved 10 October 2018 Bond Nick Paine Hannah 9 October 2018 Enormous mistake ruins runner up news com au Retrieved 17 January 2022 Shane Gould Shane s Autobiography Shane Gould website Archived 8 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine ABCTV Australian Story On Bicheno Beach 10 09 2012 Butler Josh 11 October 2023 Australian of the Year winners sign open letter saying no vote in voice referendum would be a shameful dead end The Guardian Retrieved 11 October 2023 Winter Velvet 10 October 2023 Voice referendum live updates Australians of the Year Yes vote letter in full ABC News Australia Retrieved 11 October 2023 Lewis Wendy 2010 Australians of the Year Pier 9 Press ISBN 978 1 74196 809 5 Shane Gould AUS ISHOF org International Swimming Hall of Fame Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 17 March 2015 It s an Honour MBE Shane Gould Sport Australia Hall of Fame Retrieved 25 September 2020 It s an Honour Australian Sports Medal It s an Honour Centenary Medal Olympic Great Shane Gould Wins Australian Survivor 17 October 2018 Hanson Ian 28 August 2022 Ian Thorpe Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould Among First Inductees Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame Swimming World Retrieved 29 August 2022 External links editOfficial website Shane Gould at IMDb On Bicheno Beach Documentary produced by Australian StoryRecordsPreceded byDawn Fraser Women s 100 metres freestyleworld record holder long course 30 April 1971 13 July 1973 Succeeded byKornelia EnderPreceded byDebbie MeyerShirley Babashoff Women s 200 metres freestyleworld record holder long course 1 May 1971 4 August 19721 September 1972 2 August 1974 Succeeded byShirley BabashoffKornelia EnderPreceded byKaren Moras Women s 400 metres freestyleworld record holder long course 30 April 1971 22 August 1973 Succeeded byKeena RothhammerPreceded byAnn Simmons Women s 800 metres Freestyleworld record holder long course 3 December 1971 6 August 1972 Succeeded byJo HarshbargerPreceded byDebbie Meyer Women s 1500 metres freestyleworld record holder long course 12 December 1971 25 August 1973 Succeeded byJo HarshbargerPreceded byClaudia Kolb Women s 200 metres individual medleyworld record holder long course 28 August 1972 13 April 1973 Succeeded byKornelia Ender Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shane Gould amp oldid 1191960238, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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