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Bendigo’s Emma Strauch: Olympic-Bound

June 18, 2024 12:13 pm in by
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 11: Jenna Strauch of Queensland celebrates winning the Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final during the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials at Brisbane Aquatic Centre on June 11, 2024 in Brisbane, Australia. (Creidt: Quinn Rooney via Getty Images)

From small beginnings as a junior swimmer for Bendigo East to two-time Olympian, Jenna Strauch is headed to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games.

At the Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane last week, Strauch took out the 100m breaststroke final by just 0.04 of a second from Ella Ramsay.

Strauch’s winning time of 1:06.90 was 0.59 of a second outside Swimming Australia’s qualification time for the Olympics but on Saturday night the 27-year-old was named in an Australian team of 44 for Paris.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 15: (R-L) Mollie O’Callaghan, Kaylee McKeown, Jenna Strauch and Chelsea Gubecka pose during the Australian 2024 Paris Olympic Games Swimming Squad Announcement at Brisbane Aquatic Centre on June 15, 2024 in Brisbane, Australia. (Credit: Quinn Rooney via Getty Images)

The Olympic-bound Strauch spoke to Robbo on the Wake Up Call about the challenge ahead!

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