Ariarne Titmus
Awards & Honours
15
Awards Won
5
Honours
2
Rankings
3
Records
Ariarne Titmus's trophy cabinet is extraordinary. She won eight Olympic medals, four of them gold, including back-to-back 400m freestyle titles in 2021 and 2024. She is a multiple world champion, Commonwealth Games champion, and world record holder. Her 2023 performance, when she became the first woman to break 3:56 in the 400m freestyle, was a landmark moment in the sport. She also received the Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to swimming.Her rivalry with Katie Ledecky elevated women's distance swimming to unprecedented levels of public interest, and her ability to deliver under pressure made her one of the most clutch performers in Olympic history.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For services to swimming as a gold medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
World Record Holder
Long course 200m freestyle (1:52.23) and member of 4x200m freestyle relay world record team.
First Australian Woman Since Shane Gould (1972) to Hold Both 200m and 400m Freestyle World Records
Achieved at the 2024 Australian Selection Trials.
First Australian Since Dawn Fraser (1964) to Win Back-to-Back Olympic Gold in Same Swimming Event
Won 400m freestyle at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
First Swimmer Ever to Break 3:56 in 400m Freestyle
Set world record of 3:55.38 at the 2023 World Championships.
Rankings & Lists
Greatest Australian Olympians
2025 Laureus World Comeback of the Year
Records & Feats
First Woman to Break 3:56 in 400m Freestyle
Set a world record of 3:55.38 at the 2023 World Championships, becoming the first woman in history to go under 3:56.
Back-to-Back Olympic 400m Freestyle Gold
Won the event at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, becoming the first Australian since Dawn Fraser to achieve this.
First Australian Woman Since 1972 to Hold Both 200m and 400m Freestyle World Records
Held both long course world records simultaneously in 2024.