Sienna Toohey

Sienna Toohey
Personal information
Born (2009-03-09) 9 March 2009
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubAlbury Amateur Swim Club
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2025 Singapore 4×100 m medley

Sienna Rose Toohey (born 9 Mar 2009)[1] is an Australian swimmer. She qualified for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in two events.

Biography

Toohey is from Albury, New South Wales.[2] She has two brothers and her father, Damian, serves as relieving principal at Albury High School, where Toohey attends.[3] She started swimming because she wanted to play water polo, before deciding to focus solely on swimming.[4] She is a member of the Albury Amateur Swim Club.[5] Albury has no indoor swimming facilities, and thus Toohey trained "outdoors in all weather conditions".[2]

In 2023, at age 14, Toohey broke five records at the School Sports Australia Championships.[6][7] She competed at the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials and won the bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:07.01, breaking the 24-year-old record in her age group held by Leisel Jones, while narrowly missing qualification to the 2024 Summer Olympics by less than a tenth of a second.[8] In August 2024, she competed at the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke.[9]

At the 2025 Australian Age Championships, Toohey won four gold medals and set two national records in her age group, earning selection to the World Junior Championships.[10] She spent six weeks training in Canberra away from her family in preparation for the 2025 Australian Swimming Trials.[2] There, she set a personal best in the 100m with a time of 1:06.55, finishing first and thus qualifying for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "2025 World Aquatics Championships swimming entries book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Costello, Orlaith (11 June 2025). "Who is Sienna Toohey, Australia's new swimming star?". Australian Women's Weekly.
  3. ^ "'Six foot in the water': Sienna scuttles Australian age record". Government of New South Wales. 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ Decent, Tom (10 June 2025). "If you've never heard of Sienna Toohey, now is the time to take note". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ Moir, Andrew (19 March 2024). "Could this Albury Swim Club star win selection for Paris Olympics?". The Border Mail.
  6. ^ Keith, Braden (29 August 2023). "Sienna Toohey, 14, Swims 1:08.98 100 Breast in Australia, Ranks #2 in Age Group All-Time". SwimSwam.
  7. ^ Tervet, Steve (28 August 2023). "Sienna Toohey breaks five records at School Sport Australia Swimming Championships". The Border Mail.
  8. ^ Kemp, Emma (12 June 2024). "The unassuming 15-year-old who smashed Leisel Jones' breaststroke record". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ^ Moir, Andrew (6 November 2024). "Emmi DeMamiel, Sienna Toohey, Isabelle Rae and Mia Hogan starring". The Border Mail.
  10. ^ Keith, Braden (28 April 2025). "16-Year Old Record Setter Sienna Toohey Leads 30 Aussies for World Junior Swimming Champs". SwimSwam.
  11. ^ Mark, David (10 June 2025). "Teenager Sienna Toohey shines at the Australian Swimming Trials with 100m breaststroke final win". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  12. ^ "Sienna Toohey, 16, surfaces as bright hope for Australian swimming". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 10 June 2025.
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