Ellyse Perry
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They met.
They met at a swimming pool.
Competitors.
Yeah, my mum more so than my dad.
But my dad's dad was her swimming coach.
Right.
So they've always loved swimming.
And so growing up, we used to watch it.
Like I remember when Ray Warren was commentating on Channel 9.
The best.
Yeah.
So like my earliest memories of watching sport is probably the swimming and our swim team.
Yeah.
I just used to love Susie.
I thought she was just the most quintessential Australian.
And, yeah, I think we were actually at the pool the night that she finally broke the world record in the 200 butterfly.
And she got out and she did this, like, this dance to celebrate.
And I just remember, like, yeah, I just thought she was just phenomenal.
Madam Butterfly, yeah.
I think that and rowing.