Michael Klim
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Sep 20, 2026
Wayne GoldsmithHOST
I'm entertaining the fans.
Wayne GoldsmithHOST
Leading in the '96 Olympics, we were in training camp North Queensland, and I had people like Michael Klim was there.
Wayne GoldsmithHOST
I mean, the American audience will know some of these names.
Wayne GoldsmithHOST
But Alex Popov was there with-- and Gennady was there.
Mark BerettaHOST
He broke world records, he won Olympic gold, and he became one of the faces of Sydney 2000.
Mark BerettaHOST
Michael Klim's story is extraordinary, but the chapter he is living now is even much more powerful.
Mark BerettaHOST
After being diagnosed with CIDP, a rare autoimmune neurological disorder, Michael has had to rebuild his life literally from the ground up.
Mark BerettaHOST
This is a conversation about courage, identity, family, and what it means to start again, and to be honest, it's a hugely emotional discussion between two blokes who've shared a lot of history together.
Michael KlimSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I don't think that was probably a right decision for me to retire then.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Michael Klim's story is extraordinary.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Matty Johns, great to see you, mate.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Nathan Lyon's story is remarkable.
Leonie AkhidenorHOST
hearing, I guess, people reflecting on their journeys and where they've ended up to today.
Leonie AkhidenorHOST
So Lindy was married to Michael Klim, an Olympic swimming gold medalist.
Leonie AkhidenorHOST
I think most of our listeners would know who he is and has her first three beautiful children had with Michael and then remarried to Adam Ellis, a property developer, and then had Goldie.
Leonie AkhidenorHOST
And now As she mentioned, she is single parenting.
Leigh SalesGUEST
primary carer and he lives in a share home and she goes and sees him once a week and all of that.
Leigh SalesGUEST
Or it's Michael Klim and he's dealing with just a horrible health setback that's ruined his mobility.
Leigh SalesGUEST
Or it's just ordinary people like Galen McShann dealing with whatever life has thrown them.
Leigh SalesGUEST
And I think when you watch it, It's both a mirror held up to you because you realize, oh, everyone's got their challenges and their things they have to deal with.
Clint StanawayHOST
Love that.
Leigh SalesGUEST
Some famous ones like Claudia Karvan, Tim Minchin, Michael Klim, and then others that our audiences really love too, and not famous, like there's a farming couple from Queensland, Gail and Mac Shan.
Leigh SalesGUEST
Gail lost use of both arms in a horrible farming accident many years ago, and we've had them four times on the show over the past couple of decades.
Lauren PhillipsHOST
Wow.
Leigh SalesGUEST
The show was organised so we had people who've been sort of beloved guests over the 30 years came.
Leigh SalesGUEST
So there were some famous people like Claudia Carvin, Tim Minchin, Michael Klim.
Leigh SalesGUEST
And then there was people who...
Leigh SalesGUEST
Often I think our audience really loves, which are not famous people who've found themselves thrust into the public spotlight through something that's happened to them or through, you know, something amazing they've done.