Kyle Chalmers

Kyle Chalmers
Personal information
Nickname(s)The Big Tuna, 'Ray' Chalmers, King Kyle, Super Nintendo Chalmers
National teamAustralia
Born (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998
Ashford, South Australia, Australia
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubMarion Swimming Club
CoachPeter 'Bish' Bishop
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 3 5
World Championships (LC) 5 4 3
World Championships (SC) 3 3 1
Oceania Championships 4 1 0
Pan Pacific Championships 1 2 1
Commonwealth Games 7 2 0
Total 21 15 10
Men's swimming
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro100 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo100 m freestyle
2024 Paris100 m freestyle
2024 Paris4×100 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m medley
2020 Tokyo4×100 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo4×200 m freestyle
2024 Paris4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (LC)
2019 Gwangju4×200 m freestyle
2022 Budapest4×100 m mixed freestyle
2023 Fukuoka100 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka4×100 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka4×100 m mixed freestyle
2015 Kazan4×100 m medley
2019 Gwangju100 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju4×100 m mixed freestyle
2022 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju4×100 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka4×200 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
2022 Melbourne100 m freestyle
2022 Melbourne4×50 m freestyle
2022 Melbourne4×100 m medley
2022 Melbourne4×100 m freestyle
2022 Melbourne4×200 m freestyle
2022 Melbourne4×50 m mixed freestyle
2022 Melbourne4×50 m medley
Oceania Championships
2014 Auckland100 m freestyle
2014 Auckland50 m butterfly
2014 Auckland4×50 m mixed freestyle
2014 Auckland4×100 m mixed freestyle
2014 Auckland4×100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
2018 Tokyo100 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo4×100 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo4×200 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast200 m freestyle
2018 Gold Coast4×100 m freestyle
2018 Gold Coast4×200 m freestyle
2018 Gold Coast4×100 m medley
2022 Birmingham4×100 m mixed freestyle
2022 Birmingham4×100 m freestyle
2022 Birmingham100 m freestyle
2018 Gold Coast100 m freestyle
2022 Birmingham4×100 m medley
World Junior Championships
2015 Singapore50 m freestyle
2015 Singapore100 m freestyle
2015 Singapore4×100 m freestyle
2015 Singapore4×200 m freestyle
2015 Singapore4×100 m mixed freestyle
2015 Singapore4×100 m mixed medley
2015 Singapore4×100 m medley
Summer Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing4×100 m medley
2014 Nanjing4×100 m mixed freestyle
2014 Nanjing4×100 m mixed medley

Kyle Chalmers, OAM (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian and Australian record holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly and 50 metre freestyle.

At the 2014 Oceania Swimming Championships, Chalmers won the Oceania title in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre freestyle. He was the 2016 Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 metre freestyle, winning the gold medal in world junior record time. In 2018, he was Commonwealth Games champion in the 200 metre freestyle. He also won a gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and a silver medal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju in the 100 metre freestyle. He won his second Olympic medal in the 100 metre freestyle Olympic Games event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning the silver medal with a time of 47.08 in the final. In 2022, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2022 World Short Course Championships. He is most well known for his clutch performing back-end splits.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Chalmers won the silver medal in the 100m freestyle with a time of 47.48 seconds. In the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay final, he delivered an anchor leg split of 46.59 seconds, the fastest of any swimmer in the race, helping his team secure the silver medal.