Abbey Connor

Rising star Abbey Connor was just 15 when she broke a 200m butterfly age record set by Michelle Ford in 1978, lowering the mark to 2:12.60 in 2021.

A year later the Indigenous athlete was selected for the World Junior Open Water Championships in the Seychelles.

Abbey, a freestyle and butterfly specialist, was still at school when she debuted at the 2022 World Championships in Hungary and then went on to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

She set a personal best of 2:08.36 in the final of 200m butterfly in Birmingham, but narrowly missed a medal.

After swimming at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Abbey finished third in the 200m butterfly at the 2024 Australian championships and made the final of the 400m freestyle.

Abbey went on to qualify for her first Olympics when she finished second in the 200m butterfly at the Australian trials in Brisbane in June, in a time of 2:06.82 after clocking a PB in her heat swim.

At the 2024 Paris Games, Abbey made her Olympic debut when she raced in the women's 200m butterfly. After making it through the heats and semi-final, she eventually finished seventh in the final with a time of 2:08:15.