was announced as Australia's joint Deputy Chef de Mission for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, with fellow Olympians, Evelyn Halls and Kim Brennan. Honours and awards 1996 – awarded the World Trophy for Australasia. 1996 – joint winner with Jackie Gallagher of the Australian Sport Awards Female Athlete of the Year 1997 – Australian Day Honours, O'Neill was awarded the Order of Australia Medal () "for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympic Games, 1996." 1998 – awarded the Australian Sport Awards Female Athlete of the Year 1998 – was named Favourite Female Sports Star at the 1998 and the 1999 Australian People's Choice Awards. 14 July 2000 – awarded the Australian Sports Medal for "her significant contribution as a competitor in swimming". 2000 – the State Transit Authority named a SuperCat ferry after O'Neill. 2000 – At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she was elected to the International Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission by competitors at the 2000 Games, but family obligations caused her to resign in 2005. 1 January 2001 – awarded the Centenary Medal "For service to the community through health". 5 December 2002 – inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame. 2009 – inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, O'Neill was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for her role as a "sports legend". 2012 – elevated to become Sport Australia Hall of Fame's 34th Legend of Australian Sport. 2018 – appointed Member of the Order of Australia () in Australia Day Honours "For significant service to swimming at the elite level, as a mentor and role model, and to the community through support for charitable organisations." Personal life O'Neill married Cliff Fairley, who works as an ophthalmologist, in 1998. They have two children. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women) List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women) World record progression 200 metres butterfly Philanthropy O'Neil and her husband, Cliff Fairley, help generously to raise awareness for the Fred Hollows Foundation, and are one of its most distinguished ambassadors. The Fred Hollows Foundation is an international nonprofit organization that educates surgeons on how to cure avoidable blindness within underserved communities and countries.