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Kyle Chalmers Nominated For Prestigious ‘Don’ Award Down Under For Rio Win & More
- Updated: September 22, 2016
Kyle Chalmers, the Olympic 100m freestyle champion, has today been nominated for one of Australia’s most prestigious post-medal sporting prizes, the Don Award from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Regarded as Australia’s leading contemporary sports award, the Don is named in honour of Australian sporting Legend and first Sport Australia Hall of Fame Inductee, Sir Donald Bradman. It is granted to the Australian athlete or team for achievement in competition and behaviour beyond it in a way that inspires the nation.
Chalmers would be the fourth swimmer to lift the award if he announced the winner on October 13. The Don was won by Ian Thorpe in 1999, Petria Thomas in 2004 and Grant Hackett in 2005.
At 18 in Rio, Chalmers became the first Australian man to win gold in the 100m freestyle at an Olympic Games since Michael Wenden in 1968. Chalmers also claimed …
