Olympic legends champion autoimmune disease awareness

Olympic legends champion autoimmune disease awareness

From The Morning Show by LiSTNR

April 30, 2026 · 7 min

About this episode

Australian Olympic swimming champions launched a campaign for autoimmune disease awareness.

Australian Olympic swimming champions including Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Kieran Perkins and Bronte Campbell reunited at the redeveloped North Sydney Olympic Pool to launch a new campaign for the Klim Foundation. The initiative, in partnership with clothing brand Champion, aims to raise awareness and funds for CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy), a rare autoimmune disease affecting approximately 1,500 Australians. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guests: Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Kieran Perkins, Bronte Campbell

Topics covered

  • Olympics
  • autoimmune disease
  • swimming
  • awareness campaign
  • health

Keywords

  • Olympic champions
  • autoimmune disease
  • CIDP
  • Klim Foundation
  • Champion
  • fundraising
  • swimming

Sponsors

Champion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Klim Foundation

Places: Australia, North Sydney Olympic Pool

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