Anna McVann

Anna McVann
Personal information
Full name Anna Therese McVann
National team  Australia
Born (1968-12-30) 30 December 1968
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Anna Therese McVann (born 30 December 1968) is a former competition swimmer who represented Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. At the age of 14, Anna McVann in her first national championships broke a national age record for the 200-metre freestyle event. In 1984 she became the first female to win gold medals in all freestyle events at the Australian championships.[1] This effort saw her automatically selected for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she was a finalist in all her events: 200-, 400-, and 800-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[2]

In 2008 McVann was inducted into the SwimmingSA Hall of Fame.[1]

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