Jamie Perkins was born on the Sunshine Coast on 19 January 2005 and grew up competing for the Northcliffe Surf Life Saving Club — winning eight gold medals at the 2021 Australian SLS Championships and six more in 2022 across ocean swims, surf races, board races and ironwoman events. That foundation of fitness and ocean instinct fed directly into what she became in the pool.

Her pool career accelerated fast. Three Junior World Championship medals at Netanya 2023 — including individual gold in the 400m freestyle at 18 years old — confirmed her as one of the best young freestylers in the world. A year later, at 19, she swam in the heats of Australia's 4x200m freestyle relay team at Paris 2024. The squad won gold in Olympic record time. Jamie was awarded an Olympic gold medal. She followed that with another relay gold at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.

At Lane Four, she brings something rare — elite pool technique, SLS conditioning, and the perspective of a 20-year-old who has already stood on the highest podium in world sport. Her program covers distance freestyle, race pacing, gym and dryland conditioning, and the cross-training approach that connects pool performance to real-world water fitness.

• 2005Born in Sunshine Coast, QueenslandGrew up competing for the Northcliffe Surf Life Saving Club from a young age.
• 2021National SLS Champion — 8 GoldsWon eight gold medals at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships across ocean swim, surf race, board race, ironwoman and relay events.
• 2022Junior Pan Pacific — 5 SilversWon five silver medals across 200m, 400m, 800m freestyle and relay events at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Honolulu.
• 2023Junior World Champion — NetanyaWon individual gold in the 400m freestyle and gold in the 4x100m relay at the World Junior Championships. Silver in the 4x200m relay.
• 2024Olympic Gold — ParisSwam in the heats of Australia's 4x200m freestyle relay. The team won gold in Olympic record time. Awarded Olympic gold medal. Finished 8th in the 400m freestyle individual final.
• 2025World Championship Gold — SingaporePart of Australia's 4x200m relay gold at the World Championships. Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).
• 2025Lane Four Co-FounderJoined Lane Four to share her pool and SLS training system with swimmers at every level.