US EditionOlympic Champion Ariarne Titmus Shocks Fans with Retirement From Elite Swimming
- On Thursday, Ariarne Titmus announced her immediate retirement from competitive swimming at age 25, a decision confirmed by Swimming Australia that morning.
- After the Paris Olympics, Ariarne Titmus had time out from competition to pursue other passions and said surgery to remove an ovarian tumour affected her mentally before Paris.
- By the numbers, Titmus leaves with 33 international medals including eight Olympic medals and holds the 200m world record , while her 400m personal best was bettered earlier this year by Summer McIntosh.
- Titmus had said she planned to return for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, but the swimming world reacted with congratulations from Kayle McKeown and Summer McIntosh and called it a massive blow to the Australian swim team.
- At the 2024 Australian Selection Trials in Brisbane, Titmus became the first Australian woman since Shane Gould in 1972 to hold both 200m and 400m records and her legacy includes the world-record 4x200m team and a 2025 Laureus World Comeback of the Year nomination.
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A four-time Olympic gold medallist announced her retirement on Thursday, 16 October, which she described as a "really tough" decision.
"Dear Ariane of seven years, today you withdraw from the competitive swimming. You spent 18 years in the swimming pool to compete, 10 of which representing your country. You participated in two Olympics and, even better, you won. So with a letter to itself on social media, the Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus, four times Olympic champion and world record holder of the 200 meters free style that were by Federica Pellegrini, announces his withdra…
More than a year after the Paris Olympic Games, the Australian navigator announced that he decided to stop competing and dedicate himself to "the goals of personal life".Titmus is a writer of 200m books.
The world record holder ended her career to the surprise of all fans. This was announced by the only 25-year-old swimmer via Instagram post.
The four-time Olympic swimming champion Ariarne Titmus surprisingly ends her active career at the age of only 25. This step was announced by the Australian Kraul specialist in a video and with a letter to her seven-year-old self on Instagram. The decision was "really heavy", she said, but she was now "very happy with it". Titmus holds the world record over 200 meters of Kraul with a time of 1:52.23 minutes. At World Championships and Olympic Gam…
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