Ben Small (Forrest, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to proudly recognise the outstanding achievement of locally raised star Kyle Lee on claiming a bronze medal while representing Australia at the World Aquatics Championships in July. Mr Lee, an exceptional endurance swimmer, competed in the men's 10 kilometre event in Singapore. Challenged with tough local conditions and a world-class field, including Olympians, Mr Lee displayed great resilience and surged through the final laps to edge out Olympic silver medallist Oliver Clemmett and claim his first-ever individual world championship medal.

Having narrowly missed out on the 2020 Olympics at just 18, Mr Lee qualified for Paris in 2024, finishing 13th in the men's 10 kilometre swim, and has continued to go from strength to strength. To represent Australia on the global stage and achieve these outstanding results reflects years of commitment and dedication and is something deserving of the highest praise. Indeed, here at home, Kyle has won the Busselton Jetty Swim some five consecutive times and holds the course record of 38 minutes and six seconds. Kyle, from all of us in the south-west, we extend our sincere congratulations for everything you've achieved on the national and international stages to date and can't wait to see you achieve ongoing success on those stages.