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Emma McKeon adds latest award to long list of accolades

Swimming superstar Emma McKeon is a contender to be named Young Australian of the Year. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's most successful Olympian could soon add Young Australian of the Year to her growing list of achievements after being nominated as Queensland's pick for the 2024 accolade.

Emma McKeon, 29, became the first female swimmer and the second woman in history to win seven medals - four gold and three bronze - at a single Olympics during the 2021 event in Tokyo.

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