Jamie Perkins OAM
Olympic gold medallist, world champion and former national surf lifesaving champion — gold in the pool at 19, gold at the World Championships at 20, and the two biggest Games of her career still ahead of her.
Jamie Perkins is an Olympic champion with her entire commercial career still in front of her — and no partner signed yet. She won gold in the 4×200m freestyle relay in Paris at 19 and again at the World Championships in Singapore at 20, made an Olympic 400m freestyle final before most athletes make a national team, and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2025. Before the pool she was a national surf lifesaving champion, with fourteen gold medals at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships across 2021 and 2022 — reach into surf, beach and outdoor categories that a pool-only swimmer cannot credibly carry. She has no current brand partnerships, so every category is open and a first partner sets the terms. And the runway is the product: Los Angeles 2028, then a home Olympics in Brisbane, the city where she lives and trains — a multi-year arc rather than a single campaign window.
About Jamie
Jamie Perkins is an Olympic gold medallist and world champion freestyle swimmer from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast — a dual-sport athlete who was a national surf lifesaving champion before she was a Dolphin.
Between 2021 and 2022 she won fourteen gold medals at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships while taking a national under-16 400m freestyle title in the pool, then chose the pool and moved quickly: World Junior champion over 400m freestyle in Netanya in 2023, silver in the 4×200m freestyle relay at the same meet, and Australian selection the following year.
At the Paris Olympics she was 19. She made the 400m freestyle final and finished eighth, and won gold in the 4×200m freestyle relay — an event Australia took in an Olympic record of 7:38.08. In January 2025 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Paris Olympics.
Six months later she went a level higher: sixth in the 400m freestyle world final in a personal best, seventh in the 200m, and gold again in the 4×200m freestyle relay at the World Championships in Singapore — this time swimming the second leg of the final, in 1:55.13.
Born in Nambour and raised on the Sunshine Coast, she trains in Brisbane at St Peters Western under Dean Boxall, in the program behind much of Australia’s freestyle depth. Ahead of her are Los Angeles 2028 and then a home Olympics in Brisbane in 2032, at 27 — and a first set of commercial partnerships she intends to build properly rather than quickly.
Achievements
Most recent first.
World champion — gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, World Aquatics Championships, Singapore, swimming the second leg of the final in 1:55.13 · sixth, 400m freestyle world final (4:03.20, personal best) · seventh, 200m freestyle world final · awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours
Olympic gold medallist — 4×200m freestyle relay, Paris, won in an Olympic record 7:38.08 · eighth, 400m freestyle Olympic final, at 19 · Commonwealth Games Australia Emerging Athlete of the Month, July 2024
World Junior champion — gold, 400m freestyle, Netanya, Israel (4:05.72) · silver, 4×200m freestyle relay · Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship holder
Five silver medals at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Honolulu — 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle, and both freestyle relays · six gold medals at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships
Eight gold medals at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships · national under-16 400m freestyle champion (4:13.72)
Speaking
Two sports, one standard, and an Olympic final at 19 — earning a place in the deepest team in world swimming, told for corporate audiences, schools and clubs.
Earning the Lane
What it takes to be selected in the most competitive team in world swimming, and how you keep performing when the standard inside your own squad is the highest anywhere.
Two Sports, One Standard
Surf to pool. What actually transfers between disciplines, what has to be rebuilt from scratch, and how to decide when to specialise.
Ready Before You Feel Ready
An Olympic final at 19. Performing at a level you have not yet been given permission to expect of yourself.
Formats: keynote · panel & Q&A · fireside interview · school & club clinics · virtual
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