Launceston Olympic swimming star Ariarne Titmus can add another achievement to her growing list.
Overnight she’s been named Young Tasmanian of the Year in the Australian of the Year awards.
Climate solutions innovator and Sea Forest founder Sam Elsom was named Tasmanian Australian of the Year.
The four Tasmanian award winners are now in the running for the national awards to be announced in January.
“It’s amazing. I never thought when I started swimming as a little girl my life would turn into this,” 24-year-old Titmus said.
“I’m just so proud of what I’ve achieved. I guess with everything that I’ve done it’s now showing me that my swimming is so much more than swimming.
“It’s having an impact on people in other ways and I think I’m almost more proud of that than all the medals and the records.”
