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Swimming Australia CEO Eugenie Buckley resigns with immediate effect

Eugenie Buckley.
Eugenie Buckley has quit as chief executive of Swimming Australia. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Swimming Australia is searching for another new chief executive after the shock resignation of Eugenie Buckley with immediate effect on Friday.

With less than 18 months to go to the Paris Olympics and the national championships starting on Monday on the Gold Coast, Buckley has left “to take up opportunities outside of the sport”, after taking over the top job in swimming in late 2021.

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