Leah Neale

{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 1995)}} {{Distinguish|Lia Neal}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Leah Neale | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | national_team = Australia | strokes = Freestyle | club = DC Trident<ref>{{cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/natalie-coughlin-to-return-to-competition-with-the-dc-trident/ |title=Natalie Coughlin to Return to Competition with the DC Trident|first1=Robert|last1=Gibbs|date=June 11, 2019 |publisher=SwimSwam}}</ref> <br> Chandler<ref name="austeam">{{cite web |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/leah-neale |title=Leah Neale |publisher=Australia Olympic Team |access-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816202036/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/leah-neale |archive-date=16 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | coach = Vince Raleigh | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|8|1|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/leah-neale |title=Leah Neale |publisher=Rio 2016 Organizers |access-date=11 August 2016 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922165933/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/leah-neale |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = Ipswich, Queensland, Australia<ref name="austeam" /> | death_date = | death_place = | height = 173 cm | weight = 66 kg | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's swimming }} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}}}} {{MedalCount |total=yes |Olympic Games|0|1|1 | World Championships (LC)|3|1|1 |World Championships (SC)|2|1|2 }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze| 2020 Tokyo | 4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}} {{MedalGold|2019 Gwangju|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalGold|2022 Budapest|4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalGold|2022 Budapest|4×100 m mixed freestyle}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Budapest|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}} {{MedalGold | 2022 Melbourne | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalGold|2022 Melbourne | 4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Budapest|4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Doha|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Budapest|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior Pan Pacific Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2012 Honolulu|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Honolulu|400 m freestyle}} }}

'''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.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/leah-neale-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063431/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/leah-neale-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Leah Neale}}</ref> In the same event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal.

==World records== ===Short course metres=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! No. ! Event ! Time ! Meet ! Location ! Date ! Status ! Ref |- | 1 | 4x200 m freestyle relay{{ref label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} | align="center" | '''7:30.87''' | 2022 World Championships (25 m) | Melbourne, Australia | align="center" | 14 December 2022 | align="center" | Former | align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030201F80104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|title=Women's 4x200m Freestyle – Final – Results|publisher=Omega Timing|date=14 December 2022|access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref> |} <span style="font-size:95%">{{note label|relay1 teammates|a|a}} split 1:52.67 (3rd leg), with Madison Wilson (1st leg), Mollie O'Callaghan (2nd leg), Lani Pallister (4th leg)</span>

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==External links== * {{World Aquatics|1000917}} * {{Swimming Australia|leah-neale}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200125003251/https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/leah-neale 2020-01-25], [https://web.archive.org/web/20170426071636/http://www.swimming.org.au/Home/AustralianDolphins/AthleteProfile.aspx?AthleteID=30 2017-04-26]) * {{AOC profile|leah-neale}} * {{CGA profile|leah-neale}} * {{Olympics.com|leah-neale}} * {{Olympedia|129065}} * {{Instagram}}

{{Footer World SC Champions 4x200m Freestyle Women}} {{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x200m Freestyle Women}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neale, Leah}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Australian female freestyle swimmers Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia Category:Olympic silver medalists for Australia Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Category:Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from Ipswich, Queensland Category:Sportswomen from Queensland Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen