Nicole Dawn Livingstone, OAM (born 24 June 1971) is an Australian former competitive swimmer.

[1] Her mother worked at Metropolitan Golf Club and her father at Carlton & United Breweries.

[2] Livingstone competed for Australia in three summer Olympics - 1988, 1992, and 1996 - winning both individual and team medals.

[3] She held the Australian record for the 200-metre backstroke, with at time of 2:10.20, set on 31 July 1992 at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain for 16 years.

[4] In 2017 Livingstone co-hosted Sideliners with Tegan Higginbotham on the ABC which was looking to put a female lens on sport.

Since her retirement, Livingstone has travelled to all six Summer Olympics and at the Commonwealth Games as a commentator for the swimming coverage.

Nicole has worked for Amazon Prime Video in 2021 and 2022 commentating on the Australian Swimming Championships.

Livingstone was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1997 for service to swimming as a representative at state, national and international levels.