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Introduction
Emily Seebohm is an Australian swimmer. She has appeared at four Olympic Games between 2008 and 2021; and won three Olympic gold medals, five world championship gold medals and seven Commonwealth Games gold medals. She specializes in the backstroke but has also won medals in the freestyle and individual medley.
Early life
| Name | Emily Seebohm |
| Net Worth | $4 million |
| Occupation | Swimmer |
| Age | 30 years |
| Height | 1.83m |
Emily Jane Seebohm OAM was born on June 5, 1992 (age 30 years) in Adelaide, Australia. She is the daughter of John Seebohm and Karen Seebohm. When Seebohm was three she moved with her family from Adelaide to Brisbane, Queensland so her mother could coach swimming. Seebohm attended St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School until Grade 7 and then moved on to St John Fisher College, a Catholic school for girls. Both schools are in Bracken Ridge.
Seebohm attended St John Fisher College up until the end of 2008, where she completed grade 10, and previously attended St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School. Her father John Seebohm was also an accomplished footballer in the SANFL, who played over 300 games for the Glenelg Tigers. Emily has a swimming complex name after her in Bracken Ridge.
Career
Emily Seebohm won the 100m backstroke at the 2007 Australian Championships at the age of 14, the selection meets for the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. At the World Championships in Melbourne, Seebohm won a gold medal in the 4 × 100m medley relay. She also placed fourth in the final of the 100 m backstrokes and 14th in the 50 m backstrokes.
Seebohm also won gold in both the 100 m backstroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2007 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. On 6 March 2008 at the Brisbane Catholic Schoolgirls Championships, Seebohm broke the 50 m backstroke Commonwealth and Australian records with a time of 28.10 seconds, missing Li Yang’s then-world record of 28.09 by one-hundredth of a second.
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On 22 March 2008, Emily Seebohm broke the world record in the 50 m backstrokes in the semi-finals of the 2008 Australian Championships, with a time of 27.95s, taking five-hundredths of a second off Hayley McGregory’s world record of 28.00 set only 15 days earlier on 7 March 2008. A day later, this record was beaten again, this time by Australian Sophie Edington in a time of 27.67 seconds in the final of the same event.
Seebohm decided not to swim in the final of this event as it is not an Olympic event and instead decided to focus on the semi-final of the 100 m backstrokes. Her decision paid off when she became the first Australian woman to break the one-minute barrier in the event, her 59.78 making her the fifth-fastest of all time. She then lowered the record to 59.58 s in the final, winning the Australian championship and gaining selection for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Seebohm placed ninth overall in the 100 m backstrokes, barely missing a spot in the final. Seebohm then swam in both the preliminaries and f inal of the 4 × 100 m medley relay, in which Australia won the gold medal. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Seebohm won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstrokes with a time of 58.88. She also won silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, and placed 7th in the 50 m backstrokes and 15th in the 200 m IM.
At the 2009 Australian Short Course Championships, Seebohm broke the world record in the 100 m IM in 58.54. At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, on the first night, she defeated Olympic champion Natalie Coughlin in the 100 m backstrokes, taking gold in championship record time, as well as taking silver in the 50 m butterfly. On the second night, she took silver in the 100 m freestyle in her first attempt at the event at the international level.
On night 3 Emily Seebohm took another silver in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Final night saw her take the gold in the 200 m individual medley, topping world champion and record holder Ariana Kukors. Later on in the night, she broke the 100 m backstroke championship record in the lead-off leg of the 4 × 100 m medley relay, Australia finished with silver. Later on, in the year, she collected 8 medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Emily Seebohm was tracked by the BBC as part of their series World Olympic Dreams, which followed her as she prepared for London 2012. At the 2012 London Olympics, Seebohm set a new Olympic record in a 100m backstroke qualifier and was heavily backed to win the gold in the final of the event but fell just short and gained a silver medal.
At the 2013 Australian Swimming Championships she won gold in the 50 m and 100 m backstroke and silver in 200 m individual medley and bronze in the 200 m backstroke events, qualifying for the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. At the World Championships, she teamed up with Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmslie in the heats of the 4 × 100 m freestyle, finishing second in their heat and overall. In the final sister’s Cate and Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon and Alicia Coutts won the silver medal, finishing 0.12 seconds behind the United States. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Seebohm represented Australia in both the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and won silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
In June 2021, Seebohm qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics after finishing second in the 100m backstroke event at the Australian Olympic trials in a time of 58.59. The Tokyo Olympics were Seebohm’s fourth consecutive Olympic Games, making her only one of three Australian swimmers to compete at four Olympic Games. At those Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay, and a bronze medal in 200 metre backstroke.
International Swimming League
In the Autumn of 2019, Emily Seebohm was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. On 26 January 2009, Seebohm was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.
Husband
Emily Seebohm began a relationship with a fellow swimmer, Mitch Larkin in 2015. The couple owned a house together in Hendra, Brisbane. In July 2018, Seebohm announced her separation from her boyfriend Mitch Larkin. Seebohm has endometriosis and is an ambassador for the non-profit organization Endometriosis Australia. In January 2022 she appeared as a contestant in the 8th season of the Australian version of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!. As of mid-2022, Emily Seebohm has no husband or child.
Emily Seebohm net worth
How much is Emily Seebohm worth? Emily Seebohm net worth is estimated at around $4 million. Her main source of income is from her career as a competitive swimmer. Seebohm’s salary per month with other career earnings is over $500 thousand annually. Her successful career has earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and most influential competitive swimmers in Australia. Emily Seebohm stands at an appealing height of 1.83m and has a good body weight of 64kg which suits her personality.