Doing her best to upstage the American was Australian teenager Shane Gould, who was still some way short of her 16th birthday when she won gold in the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle and the 200m individual medley, setting a new world record on each occasion. At one stage she held the world records for all freestyle events – the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m – as well as the individual medley. With three Olympic Gold medals, multiple world records, and more than 45 years of involvement with swimming organisations – from grass roots to international federations – Dr Gould’s thesis is the first scholarly cultural study of swimming in Australia. In 1972, Shane held every Freestyle World Record: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and also the 200 individual medley, an achievement which has never been matched. Contenders. After the final tribal council voted for their new queen, the 61-year-old won by one single point - receiving the $500,000 prize. She works on drowning prevention projects in Australia and Fiji and has undertaken research in collaboration with the Swedish Centre for Aquatic Research in Lund. S hane Elizabeth Gould, MBE is a former swimmer from Australia who won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze at the 1972 Olympics.Between 1971 and 1972 she set 11 world records. Gould set a masters world record in 2003 for the 45-49 years in the 200m individual medley, with a time of 2:38.13, and has set various Australian masters records including the 100m, 200m, and 400m freestyle and the 50m and 100m butterfly. At the Munich Olympic Games, the 15-year-old schoolgirl won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal, broke three world records, and was honoured as the 1972 Australian of the Year. This page was last edited on 7 March 2021, at 15:01. And the … The WATL set a world record on June 13th by having the most axe throwers consecutively throwing axes at a wooden target. She married Neil Innes at 18, became a Christian, and lived on a working farm near Margaret River, southwestern Australia. In addition, she won the silver and the bronze in the 800 m and 100 m freestyle, respectively. Contenders in a 5–4 vote against Coombes. Gould published her popular autobiography Tumble Turns in 1999. 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). We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present. At the age of 15, Shane Gould was the fastest woman swimmer over 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 metres. Born the year that Dawn Fraser won her first Olympic Gold medal, Shane Gould (b.1956) in her very brief international career, became one of the world’s greatest female swimmers. Gould, S. 2007. Bronze Medal. At the final six, Gould and Coombes were able to trick Brian Lake, a member of the opposing alliance, into using a Hidden Immunity Idol to vote out one of his allies, Fenella McGowan. She swam at the 1972 Olympics, and is still the only woman ever to win 5 individual medals, 3 gold, all in world … Between 1971 and 1973 alone, at the age of 17 she broke 11 world records in six different swimming disciplines. Gold Medal. Shane Gould (1956–) first gained international attention in world swimming in April and December 1971 when she equalled the world record in the women’s 100 metres freestyle, then broke world records in the 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres and 1,500 metres freestyle events. One of the world's greatest female swimmers, the 61-year-old is the only swimmer in history to hold all freestyle world records, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and the 200m Individual Medley at the same time. She won all of her world swimming titles while a teenager, travelling widely. She farmed and taught horseriding and surfing, making very few public appearances. 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. Dr. Shane Gould. At the Final Tribal Council, Gould was praised for overcoming adversity due to her age, showing loyalty all throughout the game, and playing a very good social game but was also seen as a weaker strategic and physical player compared to Coombes. Her parents Shirley Gould is blessed with four grandchildren. She broke the oldest record in the books when she beat Dawn Fraser's 100m World Record at Sydney on January 8, 1972 (58.5). She is also the only Australian to win three individual gold medals at a single Olympics.[7]. Gould retired from competitive swimming aged 16, at the end of 1973. Shane Gould is a national living treasure and swimming sports legend, the only person to hold all 5 freestyle world records simultaneously. By age six, she was taking professional lessons and by age 13 began to specialize in freestyle swimming. Throwers were given a countdown and then threw their axes towards the target. Like a rare orchid which blooms only when nature permits a 15-year-old Australian by the name of Shane Gould briefly held all the freestyle world records and also won five medals including three gold at the Munich Games of 1972 before withdrawing from competition forever at the age of just 17. In her brief swimming career, Shane Gould broke 10 world records and won 13 Australian titles. On 9 October 2018, Gould was crowned the winner of Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Shane Gould – Photo Courtesy: Kevin Berry/Shane Gould Setter of 11 World Records and winner of three golds (all in world records), a silver and a bronze at Munich 1972, in a shooting-star swim career that glows brightly yet in the realm of Olympic achievements, Gould played to her strengths. Shane Gould. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Gould won three gold medals, setting a world record in each race. England & Wales, Birth Index, 1837-2005. By aged 16 the young Australian had retired from competitive swimming. Shane Gould – Photo Courtesy: Kevin Berry/Swimming World Archive. Australia’s Shane Gould is still the only person in history to hold world records in the 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles at the same time. Fraser had held … Contenders and would be a part of the Champions tribe.[9]. Sydney-born Shane Gould remains the youngest ever winner of the Australian of the Year award. Shane Gould won 5 individual Olympic swimming medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Shane stands at the height of 1.71 m (5 feet 7 inches) and weighs around 130lb (59 kg). Shane Elizabeth Gould AM MBE (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer who won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Shane Gould, in a short but brilliant career, held every freestyle world record and the four stroke 200 Individual Medley. On the women's side of the competition, Shane Gould of Australia won 5 medals. Gold … S hane Elizabeth Gould, MBE is a former swimmer from Australia who won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze at the 1972 Olympics.Between 1971 and 1972 she set 11 world records. Shane is the only swimmer in history to hold all freestyle. set world records in 5 different women's freestyle events between July 1971 and Jan. 1972; won 3 gold medals, … Gould spent most of the years after ending competitive swimming out of the public eye. Historical records and family trees related to Shane Gould. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons. Shane Gould. Gould studied at the Sydney Film School (2007, Cert IV documentary film, Digital Filmmaking) and has a Masters of Contemporary Art. She won 5 individual medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Shane Gould, (born November 23, 1956, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), Australian swimmer who won five Olympic medals and set world records in all five freestyle distances (100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500 metres). The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. Shane Gould MBE, takes her place in Australia’s sporting heritage as one of the worlds greatest female swimmers. Contenders series on Tuesday night. She swam at the 1972 Olympics, and is still the only woman ever to win 5 individual medals, 3 gold, all in world record times, plus 1 silver and 1 bronze medal. Gould retired from competitive swimming aged 16, at the end of 1973. Before a crucial tribe swap, Gould found herself in a core alliance with fellow Champion contestants Lydia Lassila, Mat Rogers, Steve Willis, Samuel 'Sam' Hinton, and Sharn Coombes. 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). Since 2007 she has lived in Tasmania with her swim-coach husband Milton Nelms where she has completed two post-graduate degrees and is currently a doctoral candidate in the study of swimming culture in Australia. Appreciating swimming: beauty and instruction with underwater swimmer photographs. The following year, arena signed the first female sponsorship agreement with Australian swimmer Shane Gould. The level of exposure was overwhelming. A year after her amazing performance in Munich, Shane Gould retired from competition and stepped away from public life … At the next tribal council, Gould and Coombes were able to persuade Shonee Fairfax into voting out Lake's strongest ally, Monika Radulovic. Gould, Shane (1956—)Australian swimmer who took five swimming medals at the Munich Olympics. Working in collaboration with Gould, in 1974 arena developed the Shane Gould … In 1993, the State Transit Authority named a RiverCat ferry after Gould. Shane Gould MBE, takes her place in Australia’s sporting heritage as one of the worlds greatest female swimmers. At the age of 16, the former Australian swimmer secured three gold medals at the Munich games. Gould was the “Female Spitz” of the 1972 Munich Games, winning 5 individual Olympic medals. 5 individual medals: 3 gold, 1 silver & 1 bronze. At the Munich Olympic Games, the 15-year-old schoolgirl won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal, broke three world records, and was honoured as the 1972 Australian of the Year. Shane Gould: World's Greatest Swimmer. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Gould won three gold medals, setting a world record in each race. [8], In August 2018, it was revealed that Gould would be participating in Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Gould returned to study in the late 2000s. She was initially on the Champions tribe.[1]. Like a rare orchid which blooms only when nature permits a 15-year-old Australian by the name of Shane Gould briefly held all the freestyle world records and also won five medals including three gold at the Munich Games of 1972 before withdrawing from competition forever at the age of just 17. The National Portrait Gallery is an Australian Government Agency, Search the website for more mentions of Shane Gould. Gallery Shane Elizabeth Gould is the Sole Survivor of Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders.She later competed on Australian Survivor: All Stars.. At 15 years of age to hold all the world freestyle records from 100 metres to 1500 metres and then to … In 2018, she won Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Over two decades later, Gould returned to competitive swimming at Masters level. Gould took the lead in the final almost immediately and at 100 metres was half-a-bodylength ahead of the American trio of Babashoff, Keena Rothhammer, and Ann Marshall.By 150 metres Gould had open water. She has four children and three grandchildren.[2]. Following Munich, she became the first woman to swim the 1500m in under 17 minutes at the Australian Championships in Adelaide (16:56.94), setting a new world record. world records, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and the. Gould was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on the first day of competition of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Born in Sydney, raised in Fiji, she joined Forbes Carlile’s swim school in 1970 when her family returned to Australia. Email [email protected]. Born the year that Dawn Fraser won her first Olympic Gold medal, Shane Gould (b.1956) in her very brief international career, became one of the world’s greatest female swimmers. FORBES CARLILE, FORMER COACH: Shane's record speaks for itself. Awarded an International Olympic Committee Olympic Order in 1994, her re-engagement with professional swimming began in earnest in 1998 in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, where she and six other Australian female Olympians were torch-bearers at the opening ceremony. The following year, arena signed the first female sponsorship agreement with Australian swimmer Shane Gould. 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 coaches swimmers and still swims in Masters competitions. Need to cancel or rejig? Ticketed entry is in place to safely manage your visit so please book ahead. She also won a bronze and a silver medal. Olympic swimming champion Shane Gould, 63, received a PhD from Victoria University in Melbourne on 11 December. Shane Gould, Australian champion and Olympic gold medallist talks about her passion for swimming. U.S. Yearbooks Name Index, 1890-1979. Gould is also a photographer with works on display with the Art of the Olympians.[6]. Born in Sydney, raised in Fiji, she joined Forbes Carlile’s swim school in 1970 when her family returned to Australia. Eamon Sullivan, Shane Gould, right, Carl Lewis, left, and Usain Bolt all broke world records in their respective disciplines but the pace of time improvements is now slowing. Name variations: Shane Innes. Shortly after her 15th birthday, Gould held freestyle world records in the 200-meters, … Contenders, List 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 freestyle, https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/australian-survivor-winner-announced-in-nailbiting-finale/news-story/5f0f7ee70a7c98ae59b26095bb028b8b, http://www.shanegould.com.au/pages/about-shane.php, http://www.shanegould.com.au/pages/shanes-autobiography.php, ABCTV Australian Story On Bicheno Beach 10/09/2012, http://www.shanegould.com.au/pages/swimming-career.php, "Olympic Champ Shane Gould to Appear on Australian 'Survivor, Olympic champions in women's 200 m individual medley, Olympic champions in women's 200 m freestyle, Olympic champions in women's 400 m freestyle, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shane_Gould&oldid=1010825715, Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal, Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire, Use Australian English from September 2014, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Pages using infobox swimmer with national team parameter, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Gould was able to find a Hidden Immunity Idol, but was seen by her other tribemates collecting it and decided to play it at the next tribal council to get the target off of her back. She was trained by leading coaches Forbes and Ursula Carlile and their assistant Tom Green. When one of her strongest allies, Rogers, was blindsided, she and her alliance was left in the minority and she would soon only have Coombes as an ally. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. At the 1972 Olympic Games she won 3 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze. MyHeritage Family Trees. Born on 23 November 1956, Shane Gould is a native of Sydney, New South Wales. Coombes won the final immunity challenge and voted off Lake, taking Gould to the Final Tribal Council. Axe throwers threw at a variety of targets with up to three people throwing on … She later returned for Australian Survivor: All Stars, but was voted out first, finishing in 24th place. 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). In the final four, Gould and Coombes' target was Lake, but after he won immunity they voted out Fairfax, making it to the final three. Between July 1971 and January 1972, Shane Gould set world records in all five internationally recognised freestyle distances: the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1,500m. 200 Individual Medley. Meet extraordinary women who dared to … Shane Gould – Photo Courtesy: Kevin Berry/Shane Gould Setter of 11 World Records and winner of three golds (all in world records), a silver and a bronze at Munich 1972, in a shooting-star swim career that glows brightly yet in the realm of Olympic achievements, Gould played to her strengths. Shane is a lifelong recreational swimmer and body surfer and a lifelong learner. [2] In 2019 she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Victoria University. By 1971 at the age of 14 she began breaking world records and by January 1972 she broke Dawn Fraser’s 100 metres freestyle record; throughout 1972 she held every freestyle world record, a feat that remains unmatched. Shane Gould MBE, takes her place in Australia’s sporting heritage as one of the worlds greatest female swimmers. Born: Nov. 23, 1956 Australian swimmer. She won 5 individual medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Find facts on Shanes swimming career and. In 1971 and 1972 Gould was World Swimmer of the Year and in 1972 she was Australian of the Year. The level of exposure was overwhelming. She swam at the 1972 Olympics, and is still the only woman ever to win 5 individual medals, 3 gold, all in world record times, plus 1 silver and 1 bronze medal. In the 1972 Olympics, Shane was, and still is, the only woman ever to win five individual medals: three gold in total, all in world record times, plus a silver and a bronze. Born Shane Elizabeth Gould on November 23, 1956, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; daughter of Shirley Gould (who wrote a book in 1972 called Swimming the Shane Gould Way); married Neil Innes, in 1974. By the age of six, she was a competent swimmer. In the first merged tribal council, Gould campaigned to vote out Lassila due to her physical strength and would also assist in voting out Hinton at the next tribal council. Contenders. She won the 200 m and 400 m freestyle as well as the 200 m individual medley, each with a new world-record time. At the age of 16, she retired from competitive swimming, citing pressures placed upon her by her success and media profile. She moved to Fiji with her family at the age of 18 months. 100 Freestyle. But American Shirley Babashoff bested those at the 1972 US Olympic Trials in Chicago in August. FREE Background Report & Reputation Score (2.58) for Shane Gould in Pearl, MS - View Criminal & Court Records | Photos | Address, Emails & Phone Number | Personal Review | $10 - … International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Shane has been in the public eye since she was 13 and has won three gold medals and set 11 world records. [4][5] She now divides her time between Bicheno, Tasmania, and Sydney. Working in collaboration with Gould, in 1974 arena developed the Shane Gould … With this win, Gould became the oldest person to ever win any international form of Survivor. Shane Gould. It was an unprecedented feat in the history of women’s Olympic swimming. Coming to visit? Short but sweet. As a fourteen-year-old she astonished the swimming world by breaking a string of world records. Married at 18, and as part of the Back to the Land movement, she went to live on a farm, and raise a family, near Margaret River, Western Australia. In the early portions of the game Gould was seen as a physical weakness to some of her tribemates, receiving votes at the first three straight tribal councils she attended. She also won a bronze and a silver medal. In 1971 Australian Shane Gould had set two world records in this event. 200m Individual Medley at the same time. Both degrees are from the University of Tasmania. 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