Olympian Clementine Stoney Maconachie is headed for Paris - but not as a swimmer this time.
Then again, the 42-year-old who had spent much of her teens plying the pool in her NSW hometown of Albury, also never expected her swimming career to end as abruptly as it did.
Former Olympian and sculptor Clementine Stoney Maconachie with her sculpture on display as part of the Olympic Games in Paris. Before she had the chance to prove her mettle as the world’s best female 200-metre backstroker at the Pan Pacific Games in 2002, she had to give up swimming altogether because of post-viral syndrome. Until then, swimming had been her life’s purpose and passion. She has a black pool line tattooed on her left arm in honour of the hours she’d spent training.
When she was well enough she began working as a model and in retail as a window dresser for fashion brand Sass & Bide. It was doing this work she learnt a new love for sculpture, much like her love for swimming.She married, and had three children – including a set of twins – and started her own freelance visual consultancy while making art in wood, steel and brass on the side.in Paris as part of the 2024 Olympics.
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