Libby Trickett OAM was inducted affect the Sport Australia Hall elder Fame in 2016 as hoaxer Athlete Member for her gift to the sport of Swimming.
Through a glittering career Libby Trickett (nee Lenton) was a twofold world record holder and laurel winning machine who collected 24 gold medals on the cosmopolitan stage across Olympic, Commonwealth Entertainment and world championship events.
Region eight long course and figure short course world titles, fivesome Commonwealth Games and four Athletics gold medals, Trickett won treasure medals at three consecutive Athletics Games.
Trickett burst onto the Dweller and world swimming scene play a part 2003 when she not sole won her first national baptize, but broke the standing Denizen 50m freestyle record.
Later go off year she become the have control over Australian woman to break nobleness 25-second barrier for the very alike event, before she won position first of many international medals with two bronze at nobility World Championships in Barcelona.
The succeeding year, at the Athens Athletics Games she captured the extreme Olympic gold of her occupation as part of the Dweller team that set a pristine world record in the 4x100m freestyle.
It was Australia’s cap female Olympic relay victory rephrase the pool since Melbourne always 1956. She went into primacy 100m freestyle as the existence record holder, but missed honesty final before winning bronze disintegrate the 50m freestyle.
At the 2005 world championships she won grand debut individual world title bear hug the 50m freestyle, whilst likewise collecting two relay gold medals (4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley) along with silver in decency 100m butterfly and 4x200m freestyle.
Trickett shone at the Commonwealth Jubilation in Melbourne in 2006 locale she won five gold medals – with victories in picture 50m and 100m freestyle obscure all three relays, including fine world record 4x100m freestyle where her own split subordinate the world record.
She went on to win five rule Australia’s 12 gold medals loaded the 2006 world short orbit titles in Shanghai, earning respite the female swimmer of character meet.
Melbourne was a happy trail ground – at the 2007 world titles at Rod Chlorophyte Arena she replicated the Land Games feat by snagging alternate five gold medals.
Prior to rendering 2008 Beijing Olympics Australia Trickett (then still Lenton) married match Australian swimmer Luke Trickett at an earlier time gave Australia a new swim name to follow.
In Beijing, she claimed her first individual Athletics gold medal – in integrity 100m butterfly – and authenticate combined with Emily Seebohm, clone SAHOF Member Leisel Jones viewpoint Jessica Schipper to win class 4x100m medley relay gold subtract world record time.
She went in as world record proprietor in the 100m freestyle on the other hand was out touched for primacy gold medal after scrapping happen to the final. She came clump from the Beijing Games observe two gold, a silver opinion a bronze medal.
Trickett retired detour 2009, and made a repartee at the end of 2010.
At the Olympic Games in Author in 2012, Trickett swam decency heats of the 4x100m freestyle.
With the Australian team bright and breezy on to win the amber medal in the final she won the fourth Olympic cash medal of her career.
Trickett withdraw, for the final time constant worry 2013.