Leah Neale

Leah Neale (born 1 August 1995) is an Australian competitive swimmer currently swimming for DC Trident at the International Swimming League. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.[4] In the same event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal.

Not to be confused with Lia Neal.

Leah Neale
Personal information
National teamAustralia
Born (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995[1]
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia[2]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubDC Trident[3]
Chandler [2]
CoachVince Raleigh
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships (LC) 3 1 1
World Championships (SC) 2 0 1
Total 5 2 3
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2019 Gwangju4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Budapest4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2017 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2014 Doha4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold Coast4×200 m freestyle
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 Honolulu4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2012 Honolulu400 m freestyle

World records

Short course metres
No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 4x200 m freestyle relay[a] 7:30.87 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022 Current [5]

a split 1:52.67 (3rd leg), with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (2nd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)

References
  1. "Leah Neale". Rio 2016 Organizers. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. "Leah Neale". Australia Olympic Team. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. Gibbs, Robert (11 June 2019). "natalie-coughlin-to-return-to-competition-with-the-dc-tridentfor-2019-international-swimming-league-finale". SwimSwam.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leah Neale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  5. "Women's 4x200m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.


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