Iona Anderson (born 3 October 2005) is an Australian swimmer. She won one gold medal and two silver medals at the

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Career

Anderson attended Carine Senior High School and trained at the Breakers Swim Club before moving to the

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in Perth. Anderson won silver in the 100-meter backstroke and gold in the 50-meter backstroke at the 2023 Junior World Championships. She won another gold medal with the 4 x 100-meter medley relay. She received a silver medal for her participation in the 4 x 100-meter mixed medley relay. In both relays, she was only used in the preliminary rounds; Jaclyn Barclay swam in the finals. At the 2024 World Championships in Doha,

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won the 100-meter backstroke competition with a lead of 0.83 seconds. Anderson finished second, 0.06 seconds ahead of Canadian

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. Barclay finished fourth, 0.10 seconds behind Wilm. In the 50-meter backstroke, Curzan won by 0.02 seconds ahead of Anderson, while Wilm was 0.16 seconds behind Anderson and also received bronze. The Australian 4 x 100-meter medley relay team, consisting of Barclay, Abbey Harkin,

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and

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, qualified for the final with the third fastest preliminary time. In the final, Anderson, Harkin, Throssell and

Shayna Jack Shayna Louise Jack (born 6 November 1998) is an Australian swimmer. She won gold medals in Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics. From 2019 to 2021, Jack served a 24-mont ...

were five seconds faster than the preliminary relay team and won ahead of the Swedes and the Canadians. Anderson finished second in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2024 Australian Championships and won the title with the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Iona 2005 births Living people Swimmers from Perth, Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia Australian female backstroke swimmers Australian female freestyle swimmers Australian female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Australia 21st-century Australian sportswomen World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics