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Gail Neall is an Australian swimmer who was born on 2 August, 1955 in Sydney, Australia. She is a former world record holder in the 200m butterfly and a two-time Olympic medalist. Gail Neall began her swimming career at the age of 12 and quickly rose to prominence in the sport. She won her first national title in 1973 and went on to win a total of seven Australian titles. In 1975, she set a world record in the 200m butterfly and won a silver medal in the event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. She also won a bronze medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the same Olympics. Gail Neall retired from competitive swimming in 1979 and went on to become a coach and mentor to many young swimmers. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2002. Gail Neall is currently 69 years old. She has a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m). Her physical stats are not available. Gail Neall is currently single. There is no information available about her past relationships. Gail Neall has an estimated net worth of $1 million. She has earned her wealth through her successful career as a swimmer and coach.

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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 2 August 1955
Birthday 2 August
Birthplace Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australia

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Gail Neall Height, Weight & Measurements

At 69 years old, Gail Neall height is 1.63 m and Weight 52 kg.

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Weight 52 kg
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.

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Gail Neall Net Worth

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1990

One of the pools at the Ryde Swimming Complex was named after her. She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1990.

1974

In 1974, she returned to Australia and resumed training with Gathercole. She won both medley events and the 200-metre butterfly and was selected for the Commonwealth Games.

At the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, Neall had faded from her peak times. Although she won a bronze in the 200-metre butterfly in 2 m 21.66 s, her performance in the 400-metre individual medley was 10 seconds slower than her personal best, and left her last in the final. She retired after returning to Australia.

1973

After the Olympics, Neall's partnership with Talbot was broken when he took up a coaching position in Canada. She started training with his assistant Ruth Everuss, but the pair did not produce the desired results. Neall took an extended break from swimming to complete her Higher School Certificate and won a scholarship to Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education to train as a primary school teacher. The interrupted swimming regime saw a decline in her times at the 1973 Australian Championships in Adelaide, as she could defend neither of her titles. She placed second in the 400-metre individual medley and third in the 200-metre butterfly. The selectors persisted with her and chose her for the International Coca-Cola Meet in London and the World Championship in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After the European trip, Neall went to Thunder Bay in Canada to train with Talbot for three months. She competed in the Canadian season, setting three Canadian all-comers records.

1972

In 1972, Neall had her most successful Australian Championships, winning the 200-metre butterfly and the 400-metre individual medley in times of 2 m 23.2 s and 5 m 9.8 s respectively and coming second in the 200-metre individual medley. She was selected for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and travelled to the team training camp in Brisbane. She sealed her place in the 200-metre butterfly by winning a trial race during the camp, and was entered in both the individual medleys.

She was a schoolmate of fellow Munich gold medal winning swimmer Shane Gould at Turramurra High School on the north shore of Sydney. Turramurra High School has named two of their sporting houses after Gail Neall and Shane Gould. Overshadowed, she did not receive a civic reception from the local council upon her return to Australia. Her performance at Munich won her the Helms Award as Australasia's outstanding athlete for 1972.

1971

Neall continued her rise after the Commonwealth Games by winning the medley double and a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly at the 1971 New South Wales Championships. At the winter nationals, she won the 400-metre medley and took silver in both the 200-metre medley and the 200-metre backstroke. She finally broke through for her first title at the 1971 Australian Championships in Hobart, taking the 400-metre individual medley in a time of 5 m 16.5 s.

In 1971, she switched to the coaching of Don Talbot at his Hurstville squad, after her parents became increasingly uncomfortable with Carlile, perceiving that he did not have confidence in her ability to win at the highest level. Talbot had overseen her training as the national coach for the Commonwealth Games in 1970. Neall's father felt that his daughter's performance improved as a result of Talbor's individual attention to his swimmers, thereby building their confidence. The switch also meant a larger burden on the family; Hurstville was 32 km from the family home.

1970

The 1970 Australian Championships doubled as the selection trials for the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Neall came third and second in the 200 and 400-metre respectively to gain selection, despite having yet to claim a national title.

1968

In mid-1968, Neall broke her arm in a gymnastics class at school and was sidelined for more than three months. She returned in the 1969 New South Wales Winter Championships, where she did well enough to win selection for a state team tour of New Zealand. In her first overseas meet, she won the 400-metre freestyle after defeating Karen Moras and Denise Langford. Neall started the 1969-70 summer swimming season on a poor note. She claimed no victories in the State Championships and was disqualified in the 400-metre individual medley after breaking a state record in the heats. Three silvers and bronze saw her progress to Adelaide for the national under-16 championships. She won the 400-metre individual medley, setting the fastest time in the Commonwealth for the year to date. She showed a wide range of skills by winning bronze in the 200-metre butterfly and a silver in the 200-metre individual medley.

1966

Neall quickly encountered success, winning her first New South Wales Championship in her age division of the backstroke at 11 in 1966. Still aged 11, she made her debut in the open State Championships, and came third in the 200-metre backstroke to qualify for the 1967 Australian Championships in Adelaide. From her debut until her retirement in 1974, she made the final in every event in which she competed.

1965

Soon after, the family moved back to Sydney, and Gail began to swim under Harold Reid at the Frank O'Neill pool at Pymble, New South Wales. In 1965, she joined the Ryde Amateur Swimming Club, which was sold in 1966 to Forbes Carlile. Carlile was regarded as the leading Australian coach of the time, so she was integrated into his squad.

1955

Gail Neall (born 2 August 1955), also known by her married name Gail Yeo, is an Australian former medley swimmer who raced in the 1970s. She won a gold medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics in world record time.

1950

The youngest of four children, Neall's family moved to Brisbane in the year of her birth. Her father Allan was a graduate of the University of Queensland and had found a job with an oil company. Her brother was 13 years older than she was, while her two sisters were twelve and eight years her senior, respectively. Her family had a backyard pool, something that was rather uncommon during the 1950s in Australia. Neall was initially timid, and would not take her feet from the bottom of the pool. When asked about who taught her to swim, she would attribute it to her mother Thelma, who could not swim at all.