Harris was born in Wodonga and lived in Mackay until she was 13, where she practiced surf lifesaving. She was introduced to swimming by her mother, who worked as a swim teacher.[2] She attended high school at Mt St Michael's College in Ashgrove, Brisbane, and swam with St Peters Western Swimming club.[3]
Career
2020 Olympics
During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Harris swam the second leg for the gold medal-winning Australian Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team in the final. The Australian women broke the world record with a time of 3:29.69. Harris's split was 53.09.[4] She also swam the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with a split of 1:57.01. Harris did not swim in the final where the Australians finished third, but received a bronze medal for swimming in the heats of the relay.[5]
After the Olympics Harris moved from Brisbane, where she had been coached by Dean Boxall, to Adelaide, where she came under the tutelage of noted sprint coach Peter Bishop.
2022
In January 2022, Harris broke her arm and announced the injury on Instagram.[6] Harris later announced the injury was not training related and she attained the broken arm when she accidentally ran a scooter into a rock.[7]
At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, Harris swam the third leg in the Australia women’s 4x100m freestyle relay along with Shayna Jack, Mollie O’Callaghan and Emma McKeon to break the world record in a time of 3:27.96. The previous record also by an Australian team was 3:29.69. Harris also won another gold medal as an heat swimmer in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay and silver medal as a heat swimmer in the women’s 4x100m medley relay.
In August Harris announced she would move from the South Australia Sports Institute (SASI) to join the Rackley Swim Team in Brisbane under Damien Jones.
2025
At the 2025 World Aquatics Championships Harris won individual gold in the 50m free as well as swimming second leg in the winning 4x100m freestyle relay.[9]
Personal life
Harris has moderate hearing loss in both ears, possibly as a result of a virus when she was young, and uses hearing aids in daily life. She's commented that you "don't need to be able to hear to swim", however she had to practice listening for the starting gun as a young swimmer.[10]
Legend: WR – World record;OC – Oceanian record;NR – Australian record; Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial
