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Susie O'Neill

Swimmer born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. One of Australia's most successful swimmers, she holds a record 35 Australian titles. At the 1996 Olympic Games she won gold, silver, and bronze medals. At the Commonwealth Games in 1998 at Kuala Lumpur she won a record eight medals, including six gold. She won a gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1998 World Championships. In the Pan Pacific Championships in 1999 she won six medals, including gold in the 200 m butterfly and the 200 m freestyle. At the Sydney Olympics in 2000 she broke Mary T Meagher's 19-year-old 200 m butterfly record with a time of 2:05·81.

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Australia
Women's Swimming
Gold Atlanta 1996 200m Butterfly
Gold Sydney 2000 200m Freestyle
Silver Atlanta 1996 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver Sydney 2000 200m Butterfly
Silver Sydney 2000 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver Sydney 2000 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Barcelona 1992 200m Butterfly
Bronze Atlanta 1996 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Susan ("Susie") O'Neill (born August 2, 1973) is an Australian former competitive swimmer from Brisbane, Queensland, who was famously nicknamed "Madame Butterfly".

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