State Swimming Champions
We can locate 5 swimmers that have taken out a State Championship and won Gold in Melbourne to be the fastest in Victoria.
Rowan Barrow with 7 individual Gold Medals is the standout. She also won 6 Bronze and 4 Silver for a total medal haul of 17. She was also a 4-time State Champion in Triathlon.
Simone Gladigau comes next, collecting 6 individual Gold, plus 2 Silver to make it 8 total.
The only other swimmers to win multiple individual Gold Medals, are Michelle Pullen and Emma Pane with 2 Gold each.
Hannah Pane also won a Gold, plus 3 Bronze. The Pane sisters both won Gold on the same day in 2006.
Lynne Semmler is the only other on record to win an individual Gold. She won the Under 16 100m Breaststroke in 1968 and then finished 6th in Australia despite being 13 years old at the time.
Gold Medalists –State Swimming | ||||
ATHLETE | YEAR | EVENT | AGE | TIME |
Hannah Pane | 2006 | 50m Freestyle | 14 | 30.3 |
Emma Pane | 2006 | Individual Medley | 21 | 2.33.74 |
Emma Pane | 2006 | 50m Breastroke | 16 | 36.2 |
Rowan Barrow | 1994 | 100m Freestyle | 14 | |
Rowan Barrow | 1993 | 50m Butterfly | 15 | Record + .03 |
Rowan Barrow | 1993 | 50m Freestyle | 15 | |
Boys | 1993 | Relay | 15 | |
Rowan Barrow | 1992 | 50m Freestyle | 13 | |
Rowan Barrow | 1992 | 50m Backstroke | 13 | |
Michelle Pullen | 1992 | 50m Butterfly | 16 | |
Rowan Barrow | 1991 | 50m Free | 13 | |
Rowan Barrow | 1991 | 50m Backstroke | 13 | Record |
Michelle Pullen | 1991 | 50m Backstroke | 14 | Record |
Simone Gladigau | 1989 | Backstroke | 17 | |
Simone Gladigau | 1988 | Butterfly | 16 | |
Simone Gladigau | 1988 | Backstroke | 16 | |
Simone Gladigau | 1987 | 50m Backstroke | 15 | |
Simone Gladigau | 1986 | 100m Backstroke | 14 | |
Simone Gladigau | 1985 | 100m Backstroke | 13 | |
Lynne Semmler | 1968 | 100m Breaststroke | 16 | |
Patricia Meek, Robyn Brandreth, Lesley Osmotherly, Lynne Semmler | 1967 | Medley Relay | ||
Leslie Osmotherly, Robyn Brandreth, Rhonda Sinclair, Lynne Semmler | 1967 | Relay | ||
Silver Medalists –State Swimming | |||
ATHLETE | YEAR | EVENT | AGE |
Emma Pane | 2005 | 50m Breastroke | 15 |
Simone Gladigau | 1986 | Butterfly | 14 |
Simone Gladigau | 1986 | Freestyle | 14 |
Rowan Barrow | 1995 | 100m Free | U21 |
Rowan Barrow | 1995 | 200m Free | U21 |
Rowan Barrow | 1994 | 200m Butterfly | 14 |
Rowan Barrow | 1993 | 100m Butterfly | 15 |
Rowan Barrow | 1993 | 50mBackstroke | 15 |
Murray Le Leivre | 1993 | 50 Breast | 15 |
Rowan Barrow | 1991 | 50m Butterfly | 13 |
Murray Le Leivre | 1991 | 50 Breast | 13 |
Murray Le Leivre | 1991 | 50 Back | 13 |
Murray Le Leivre | 1991 | 50 Free | 13 |
Janet Le Leivre | 1992 | 100m Back | 21 |
Bronze Medalists –State Swimming | |||
ATHLETE | YEAR | EVENT | AGE |
Clare Hernan | 2018 | Ind Medley | 17 |
Jack Synott | 2012 | 50m Butterfly | 17 |
Hannah Pane | 2006 | 50 Backstroke | 14 |
Hannah Pane | 2005 | 50m Breastroke | 13 |
Ashlee Martin, Genevieve Blanch, Casey Brown, Madeline Purss | 2003 | Girls Relay | 13 |
Rowan Barrow | 1995 | 100m Butterfly | U21 |
Nola Le Leivre | 1993 | 50m Breast | U21 |
Rowan Barrow | 1993 | 100m Freestyle | 15 |
Rowan Barrow | 1993 | 200m Freestyle | 15 |
Rowan Barrow | 1993 | 200m Butterfly | 15 |
Girls | 1993 | Relay | 17 |
Michelle Pullen | 1992 | 50m Freestyle | 14 |
Janet Le Leivre | 1992 | 100m Freestyle | 21 |
Jeremy Johnson | 1992 | Diving | 16 |
Justin Nash, Jeremy Johnson, Ansrew Rosser, Mark Williams | 1992 | Relay | 15 |
Sandie Pullen, Noala Le Leivre, Kellie Pyle, Laura Memery, | 1992 | Relay | 16 |
Paul Beer, Travis Wild, Matthew Filipenko, | 1986 | Relay | 16 |
Travis Wild | 1986 | Freestyle | 16 |
Steven Grant | 1984 | Diving | 16 |
Megan Janas, Laura Moroney, Kate Doussett, Rachelle Weidemann | 1997 | Relay | 16 |
State SwimmingAll Time Medal Tally | |||||
ATHLETE | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | RELAY | TOTAL |
Rowan Barrow | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |
Simone Gladigau | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
Emma Pane | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Michelle Pullen | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Hannah Pane | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Lynne Semmler | 1 | Gold, Gold | 3 | ||
Murray Le Leivre | 4 | 4 | |||
Janet Le Leivre | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Nola Le Leivre | 1 | Bronze | 2 | ||
Lesley Osmotherley | Gold, Gold | 2 | |||
Robyn Brandreth | Gold, Gold | 2 | |||