OLIVIA WUNSCH

NATIONALITY Australian
HOMETOWN Sydney
DATE OF BIRTH 31/05/2006
DISCIPLINE Freestyle
CLUB/COLLEGE Carlile Swimming Team
COACH Chris Nesbit
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“Love your craft and approach it with creativity”

BIOGRAPHY

Olivia Wunsch made one of her teammates scream harder than she’d ever done before when she anchored Australia to world relay glory in Singapore. Olivia was half a body-length down at the final turn of the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2025 World Championships only to draw level with the USA with 15 metres to go before going ahead to get her hand to the wall first.

Victory came a year after Olivia swam the prelims at the Olympics in Paris before being replaced for the final where Australia won their fourth straight title.

While teammate Meg Harris had bellowed her encouragement on poolside, Olivia said: “I just wanted to win the race.” She added: “I wanted to really build it strategically and then power over the top. The rest of that is just a race, and definitely getting up for the relays next season, so (that was) just a lot of fun.”

Olivia is rising rapidly through the ranks of Australian sprinting with her senior success in Paris and Singapore following a highly decorated junior career.

She left the 2023 World Junior Championships in Netanya, Israel, with five golds among six medals, including the 50/100m freestyle double. Olivia led an Australian 1-2 ahead of Milla Jansen in the longer race in Netanya with both women now standing together on top of the podium in Singapore.

“We’ve all challenged each other through the age group ranks, so it’s really special for us to be able to stand together and share this moment,” said Olivia.

“It’s really exciting that this is the start of the next block and this is our starting point.”

GENERAL QUICK FACTS

Favorite sportsperson or team (other than swimming)
Australian former cricket and tennis player Ash Barty
Favorite vacation spot and why
Australian beaches in summer, near good coffee and with my close friends/family
Public person you admire
Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish
Favorite book(s)/author(s)
Baking cookbooks
Items you’d want on a desert island
My downloaded Spotify songs, a camera, and a guitar
If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?
A Disney princess or Mort from “Madagascar”
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?
Flying or superspeed

SWIMMING QUICK FACTS

Proudest moment in swimming
Qualifying for my first Australian Olympic team in 2024
Least favorite part of swimming
Always having wet hair and being tired/hungry
Funniest moment in swimming
Everyday banter at training sessions
Favorite/least favorite training set and why
My favourite sets are sprint free/fly sets and longer aerobic sets. My least favourite is breath hold
Favorite Race/Training suits and why
I love the Powerskin Primo race suit for my sprint events and training in the Challenge Back training suits
Best piece of equipment and why
Snorkel and fins
Favorite Food after training
Choccy milk, overnight oats or eggs on toast

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SINGAPORE
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay
2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, PARIS
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay
2023 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, NETANYA
GOLD 50m Freestyle
GOLD 100m Freestyle
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay
GOLD 4x100m Medley Relay
GOLD 4x100m Mixed Freestyle Relay
BRONZE 50m Butterfly
2022 JUNIOR PAN-PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS, HONOLULU
SILVER 4x100m Freestyle Relay
SILVER 4x200m Freestyle Relay
BRONZE 100m Freestyle

INSIDE OLIVIA’S BAG

Cobra Edge Swipe Mirror Goggles
Powerskin Primo Closed Back
Team Swimsuit Challenge Solid
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