OVERVIEW
Australians Shane Gould and Cate Campbell may be divided by the generations but they are united in achieving success on the world stage.
Shane won three golds – all in world record time – a silver and a bronze at the 1972 Olympics in Munich to become the first swimmer to claim five individual medals at a single Olympics.
Now 57, she is also the only swimmer to have held every world record from 100m to 1500m freestyle as well as the 200m individual medley at the same time.
And all by the tender age of 15.
Fast forward to 2008 and Shane’s fellow Antipodean Cate also enjoyed teenage success, only 16 when she won double bronze in Beijing.
Illness and hip injuries, which eventually required surgery, threatened to derail the young swimmer whose misfortune was encapsulated when she was struck by pancreatitis during the 2012 Olympics.
She still won gold as part of the sprint freestyle relay in London and a stellar 2013 followed which saw Cate claim her first individual global title in the 100m freestyle at the World Championships in Barcelona as well as three silver medals.
Here the two talk about the women who have influenced their lives, the perception of females in sport, challenges they have faced and hair, beauty and diet.
