Madison Maree Short, (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Wilson; born 31 May 1994) is a former Australian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who has participated in

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

and freestyle events at the

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and the FINA world championships. Wilson has been a member of six

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ...

Australian relay teams, most recently at the 2022 Short Course World Championships.

Early and personal life

Although born in the

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town of

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, Wilson grew up in

Yeppoon Yeppoon () is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. Yeppoon is renowned for its beaches, tropical climate, and the islands out on the bay. Located from the city of Rockhampton, Yeppoon is the seat of ...

on the

Capricorn Coast The Capricorn Coast is a stretch of coastline in Central Queensland, Australia and is part of the Shire of Livingstone (formerly part of Rockhampton Region). Geography The Capricorn Coasts takes its name from Cape Capricorn () on Curtis Island ...

where she attended Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and swam with local swimming club Yeppoon Sharks where she was selected in her first Queensland team. Wilson is engaged to Australian cricketer

Matthew Short Matthew William Short (born 8 November 1995) is an Australian international cricketer who represents the Australia national cricket team in ODI and T20I cricket. A right-handed top-order batter who bowls right-arm off break, Short plays for V ...

. The couple have a son, Austin Wilson Short.

Swimming career

Wilson won two medals as a member of Australian relay teams at the

2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar on 3–7 December 2014. The Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone hosted the event. Host selection On 14 December 2010, FINA announced that Catania, Italy would host t ...

in Doha, Qatar: a silver in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay, and a bronze in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay. At the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), ...

in Kazan, Russia, Wilson won three medals: a gold as a member of the winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay; a silver in the women's 100-metre backstroke; and a bronze in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, Wilson represented Australia in the 100 m backstroke, where she finished 8th in the final. However, as a heat swimmer for the 4x100metre freestyle and medley relay teams, she received a gold and a silver medal after the teams placed first and second in their respective finals. In recognition of her success at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wilson was awarded a

Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of then ...

in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. Wilson again swam in the heats of the women's 4x100metre freestyle event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

alongside Mollie O'Callaghan,

Bronte Campbell Bronte Campbell (born 14 May 1994) is a Malawian-born Australian competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer. A four time Olympian, Campbell is a triple Olympic gold medallist and a former World Champion in the 50 and 100 m freestyle, having won bot ...

and Meg Harris in July 2021, with the team posting the fastest qualifying time of 03:31:73. However, Wilson and O'Callaghan did not swim in the final with

Emma McKeon Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is a retired Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 14 Olympic medals following the 2024 Olympic Gam ...

and Cate Campbell selected to compete instead, taking the Australian relay team to victory. As heat swimmers, Wilson and O'Callaghan are still

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recipients.

World records

Long course metres

split 1:56.73 (2nd leg); with

Ariarne Titmus Ariarne Elizabeth Titmus (born 7 September 2000) is an Australian Swimming (sport), swimmer. She is the reigning Olympic champion in the women's 400-metre freestyle, having won the event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics ...

(1st leg),

Brianna Throssell Brianna Throssell (born 10 February 1996) is a former Australian professional swimmer who previously represented DC Trident at the International Swimming League. Throssell competed in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, where she won seven bronze ...

(3rd leg),

(4th leg)
split 52.25 (3rd leg); with

Jack Cartwright Jack Cartwright (born 22 September 1998) is an Australian Swimming (sport), swimmer. He is scheduled to make his Olympics debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on 27 July 2024. Early life and career Cartwright was raised in Biloela, Que ...

(1st leg),

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (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 ...

(2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (4th leg)
split 1:56.27 (1st leg); with Kiah Melverton (2nd leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (3rd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

Short course metres

split 51.28 (2nd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Meg Harris (3rd leg),

(4th leg)
split 1:53.13 (1st leg), with Mollie O'Callaghan (2nd leg),

Leah Neale Leah Neale (born 1 August 1995) is an Australian competitive swimmer currently swimming for DC Trident at the International Swimming League. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle ...

(3rd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)
split 23.32 (freestyle leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (backstroke leg), Chelsea Hodges (breaststroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg)

Olympic records

Long course metres

split 54.11 (1st leg); with

Brittany Elmslie Brittany Joyce Elmslie, (born 19 June 1994) is a former Australian competitive swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in swimming, and won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at both Games. Personal ...

(2nd leg),

(3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

References

External links

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Early and personal life

Swimming career

World records

Long course metres

Short course metres

Olympic records

Long course metres

See also

References

External links