Gold medallist Shayna Jack pronounces retirement from swimming

“On the eve of my third Commonwealth Games, I’ve made a decision I’ve thought long and hard about,” she captioned the video.

“I wanted you all to hear it from me first, going out with my head held high and a smile on my face.”

In an emotional Instagram video, Jack mentioned as an Olympic and Commonwealth Games medalist and world report holder she had ticked off all of the bins in an extended profession.

“I’m extremely proud of myself for everything I’ve achieved in my swimming career, and I cannot thank you guys enough for being part of that journey,” she mentioned.

“It’s been a long career but I’m ready to announce my retirement.”

The 27-year-old appeared within the video along with her coach Dean Boxall, who she shared many highs and lows with throughout her profession.

“I think not just as us as a coach-athlete relationship, but … as family, as friends, as people who always can turn each other, no matter what we go through in life,” she mentioned.

“I think that as soon as I thought about making this choice, you were the first one I told because we started our journey together in 2018, and then life blew up for me in 2019, and you were there for me the whole time.”

Boxall requested Jack if she had totally determined to retire and if he might twist her arm to alter her thoughts.

“No,” she responded.

“I want to bear my heart to Australia and to everybody that I’ve represented over the years, and and all the people who have supported me and been part of my journey.

“I wanted to be honest when I decided when and how I was going to do this, I thought Dean Boxall before Commonwealth Games because I want to go out there, head held high, proud of who I am, proud of what I’m representing, and proud of what I’m saying goodbye to.

“(I want to) give the people an opportunity to be proud of me and me feel that.

“I want to feel it. I want to feel like I had an impact.”

Jack mentioned she felt fulfilled and she or he was actually happy with what swimming had made her.

“I’m not just proud of the medals or the world records — that’s never what I swam for. I swam because I wanted to make a difference. I wanted to be someone that people looked up to,” she mentioned.

“I’m extremely proud of myself for everything I’ve achieved in my swimming career, and I cannot thank you guys enough for being part of that journey, whether you were there emotionally, physically, financially.

“I cannot thank every single one of you enough, and you know exactly who I am talking to.

“I cannot wait to finish at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, what an exciting event.

“It is a perfect way for me to be able to give back to my Australian community, do myself proud, and walk away with a smile on my face as dolphin number 785.”

Jack’s Instagram put up was flooded with feedback of help, together with fellow athletes.

Three-time Olympic medallist and world champion Elijah Winnington wrote: “What a career! Go out with a bang.”

Jack received gold medals within the girls’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay and the ladies’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay on the 2024 Paris Olympics.

She can also be a three-time world report holder.

From 2019 to 2021, Jack served a 24-month competitors ban for an anti-doping rule violation linked to unintentional use of Ligandrol.

At the time, she posted on Instagram saying that she “would never intentionally take a banned substance that would disrespect my sport and jeopardise my career”.

In 2025, she participated within the actuality TV sequence I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here.