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| fullname = Annabelle Williams |
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| classification = [[S9 (classification)|S9, SB8, SM9]] |
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| strokes = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]] |
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| club = Cranbrook Eastern Edge |
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| coach = Denis Cotterell |
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[paralympic swimming]]}} |
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==Personal== |
==Personal== |
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Annabelle Josephine Williams was born on 21 July 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=apcwebsite/> As a youngster, she lived in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], only moving back to Australia when she was ten years old.<ref name=bisphuket/> She has completed a degree in international relations and law at [[Bond University]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland]]<ref name=apcwebsite>{{cite web|title=Annabelle Williams|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/annabelle-williams|work=Australian Paralympic Committee Website| |
Annabelle Josephine Williams was born on 21 July 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=apcwebsite/> As a youngster, she lived in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], only moving back to Australia when she was ten years old.<ref name=bisphuket/> She has completed a degree in international relations and law at [[Bond University]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland]]<ref name=apcwebsite>{{cite web|title=Annabelle Williams|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/annabelle-williams|work=Australian Paralympic Committee Website|access-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321001954/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/annabelle-williams|archive-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=clubmiami/> and named Bond University Sportsperson of the year for 2007 and was a finalist for the Australian Universities Sportsperson of the Year for 2007.<ref name=ipc/> While attending university, she completed a six-month internship in Paris, France,<ref name=apcwebsite/> where she worked for the Australian Embassy.<ref name=bisphuket/> After the 2012 Paralympics, she completed an internship in Washington DC.<ref name=bisphuket/> In 2015, Williams was appointed the [[Australian Olympic Committee]]'s legal counsel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Second Bond alumnus joins Australian Olympic Committee|url=https://bond.edu.au/news/47139/second-bond-alumnus-joins-australian-olympic-committee|website=Bond University News, 10 September 2015|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> |
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Williams is missing the lower part of her left arm as the result of a congenital limb deficiency.<ref name=ipc>{{cite web|title=Annabelle Williams|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=606033|work=IOC Swimming Website|publisher=International Paralympic Committee| |
Williams is missing the lower part of her left arm as the result of a congenital limb deficiency.<ref name=ipc>{{cite web|title=Annabelle Williams|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=606033|work=IOC Swimming Website|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=14 March 2012|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235413/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=606033|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=bisphuket/> She is {{convert|168|cm}} tall and weighs {{convert|60|kg}}.<ref name=swimingaus/> Before becoming a swimmer, she was involved with athletics but had to leave the sport because of a [[stress fracture]].<ref name=apcwebsite/><ref name=bisphuket/> |
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==Swimming== |
==Swimming== |
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Williams is an [[S9 (classification)|S9]] swimmer<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=apcwebsite/><ref name=acting>{{cite web|author=Jano Gibson in Delhi |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-05/aussie-williams-has-stars-in-her-eyes/2284992 |title=Aussie Williams has stars in her eyes – |publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=5 October 2010 | |
Williams is an [[S9 (classification)|S9]] swimmer<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=apcwebsite/><ref name=acting>{{cite web|author=Jano Gibson in Delhi |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-05/aussie-williams-has-stars-in-her-eyes/2284992 |title=Aussie Williams has stars in her eyes – |publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=5 October 2010 |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> and was a member of the [[Cranbrook Eastern Edge SC]].<ref name=swimingaus/> Her main events are the 50 m, 100 m free, 50 m, and the 100 m fly.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=acting/> In the 50 m freestyle event, her best time is 29.42 seconds, a time she set at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best in the 100 m freestyle is 1:03.00, a time she set at the 2009 Australian Championships.<ref name=swimingaus/> |
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Williams competed at the [[Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne]] winning a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 and a bronze in the Women's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=clubmiami/><ref name=IPC-AUS/> In 2008, she was affiliated with the Miami Swimming Club, training five days a week with coaches Denis Cotterell and Raelene Ryan.<ref name=clubmiami>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/03/28/9410_gold-coast-sport.html |title=Hard work pays off for Annabelle Gold Coast Sport |publisher=goldcoast.com.au |date=28 March 2008 | |
Williams competed at the [[Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne]] winning a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 and a bronze in the Women's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=clubmiami/><ref name=IPC-AUS/> In 2008, she was affiliated with the Miami Swimming Club, training five days a week with coaches Denis Cotterell and Raelene Ryan.<ref name=clubmiami>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/03/28/9410_gold-coast-sport.html |title=Hard work pays off for Annabelle Gold Coast Sport |publisher=goldcoast.com.au |date=28 March 2008 |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> During the March 2008 Olympic Trials, she broke the 50 m butterfly world record in the morning during a semi-final and then broke it again in the evening during the event final. The 50 m event is not one she had actively trained for, because the distance was not on the 2008 Paralympic programme.<ref name=clubmiami/> At the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing Games]], she competed in three events and won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 event.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=IPC-AUS>{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=AUS&gender=all&medal=medals&sport=all&games=2008PG|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=5 October 2011}}</ref> She participated in the World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands in 2010 but did not medal.<ref name=swimingaus/> At the 2009 Pan Pacific Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the World Short Course, she earned a silver medal in the 100 m fly event.<ref name=swimingaus/> |
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While completing her Paris internship, she trained at a local French swimming club ahead of the Commonwealth Games.<ref name=apcwebsite/> At the [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi]], she won a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=cmomomnwealth>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth silver for Williams|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/commonwealth-silver-williams|work=Australian Paralympic Committee News, 5 October 2010| |
While completing her Paris internship, she trained at a local French swimming club ahead of the Commonwealth Games.<ref name=apcwebsite/> At the [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi]], she won a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=cmomomnwealth>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth silver for Williams|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/commonwealth-silver-williams|work=Australian Paralympic Committee News, 5 October 2010|access-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503001538/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/commonwealth-silver-williams|archive-date=3 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In preparation for the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], she was one of 14 Australian Paralympic swimmers to participate in a training camp start on 13 May 2012 and ending 29 May at British International School Phuket.<ref name=bisphuket>{{cite web|url=http://www.thephuketnews.com/paralympians-dive-into-phuket-30844.php |title=Paralympians dive into Phuket |publisher=The Phuket News |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> At the 2000 Games, she finished sixth in the Women's 50m Freestyle S9, seventh in the Women's 100m Freestyle S9 and was a member of the team that the gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 Points.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annabelle Williams|url=http://www.paralympic.org/athletes/biographies|website=International Paralymoic Committee Swimming Athlete Profiles|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> In the lead up to the Games, Williams trained on the Gold Coast in Queensland at [[Pizzey Park]] where she was coached by [[Denis Cotterell]].<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=apcwebsite/> |
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[[File:060912 - Annabelle Williams - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics.jpg|thumb|left|Williams at the 2012 London Paralympics]] |
[[File:060912 - Annabelle Williams - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics.jpg|thumb|left|Williams at the 2012 London Paralympics]] |
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She was awarded an [[Order of Australia Medal]] in the 2014 [[Australia Day Honours]] "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."<ref name="oam">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph]] |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australia-day-honours-list-2014-in-full/story-fni0cx12-1226808786064|title=Australia Day honours list 2014: in full |date=26 January 2014 | |
She was awarded an [[Order of Australia Medal]] in the 2014 [[Australia Day Honours]] "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."<ref name="oam">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australia-day-honours-list-2014-in-full/story-fni0cx12-1226808786064|title=Australia Day honours list 2014: in full |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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{{wikinews|2012 Australian Paralympic swim team announced}} |
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* {{Paralympics Australia|annabelle-williams|archive=20160802105637}} |
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*[https://paralympic.org.au/athlete/annabelle-williams/ Australian Paralympic Committee Profile] |
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 31 August 2023
Personal information | |
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Full name | Annabelle Williams |
Nationality | Australia |
Born | [1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1] | 21 July 1988
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
Classifications | S9, SB8, SM9 |
Club | Cranbrook Eastern Edge |
Coach | Denis Cotterell |
Medal record |
Annabelle Williams, OAM (born 21 July 1988) is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She has a congenital limb deficiency.[2] She appeared in Mad Max 4. Representing Australia, she has won a gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympic Games in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the Women's 100 m Butterfly S9. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she earned a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 and a bronze in the Women's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she earned a silver in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 event.
Personal[edit]
Annabelle Josephine Williams was born on 21 July 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales.[1][3] As a youngster, she lived in Jakarta, Indonesia, only moving back to Australia when she was ten years old.[4] She has completed a degree in international relations and law at Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland[3][5] and named Bond University Sportsperson of the year for 2007 and was a finalist for the Australian Universities Sportsperson of the Year for 2007.[2] While attending university, she completed a six-month internship in Paris, France,[3] where she worked for the Australian Embassy.[4] After the 2012 Paralympics, she completed an internship in Washington DC.[4] In 2015, Williams was appointed the Australian Olympic Committee's legal counsel.[6]
Williams is missing the lower part of her left arm as the result of a congenital limb deficiency.[2][4] She is 168 centimetres (66 in) tall and weighs 60 kilograms (130 lb).[1] Before becoming a swimmer, she was involved with athletics but had to leave the sport because of a stress fracture.[3][4]
Swimming[edit]
Williams is an S9 swimmer[1][3][7] and was a member of the Cranbrook Eastern Edge SC.[1] Her main events are the 50 m, 100 m free, 50 m, and the 100 m fly.[1][7] In the 50 m freestyle event, her best time is 29.42 seconds, a time she set at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best in the 100 m freestyle is 1:03.00, a time she set at the 2009 Australian Championships.[1]
Williams competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne winning a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 and a bronze in the Women's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle.[1][5][8] In 2008, she was affiliated with the Miami Swimming Club, training five days a week with coaches Denis Cotterell and Raelene Ryan.[5] During the March 2008 Olympic Trials, she broke the 50 m butterfly world record in the morning during a semi-final and then broke it again in the evening during the event final. The 50 m event is not one she had actively trained for, because the distance was not on the 2008 Paralympic programme.[5] At the 2008 Beijing Games, she competed in three events and won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 event.[1][8] She participated in the World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands in 2010 but did not medal.[1] At the 2009 Pan Pacific Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the World Short Course, she earned a silver medal in the 100 m fly event.[1]
While completing her Paris internship, she trained at a local French swimming club ahead of the Commonwealth Games.[3] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, she won a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9.[1][9] In preparation for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she was one of 14 Australian Paralympic swimmers to participate in a training camp start on 13 May 2012 and ending 29 May at British International School Phuket.[4] At the 2000 Games, she finished sixth in the Women's 50m Freestyle S9, seventh in the Women's 100m Freestyle S9 and was a member of the team that the gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 Points.[10] In the lead up to the Games, Williams trained on the Gold Coast in Queensland at Pizzey Park where she was coached by Denis Cotterell.[1][3]
She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Profile of Annabelle Williams". Swimming Australia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012.
- ^ a b c "Annabelle Williams". IOC Swimming Website. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Annabelle Williams". Australian Paralympic Committee Website. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Paralympians dive into Phuket". The Phuket News. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Hard work pays off for Annabelle Gold Coast Sport". goldcoast.com.au. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Second Bond alumnus joins Australian Olympic Committee". Bond University News, 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b Jano Gibson in Delhi (5 October 2010). "Aussie Williams has stars in her eyes –". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ "Commonwealth silver for Williams". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "Annabelle Williams". International Paralymoic Committee Swimming Athlete Profiles. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". The Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
External links[edit]
- Annabelle Williams at Paralympics Australia (archived)
- Annabelle Williams at the International Paralympic Committee
- Annabelle Williams at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Annabelle Williams on Instagram
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Female Paralympic swimmers for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic swimmers
- Australian stunt performers
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Bond University alumni
- Australian women lawyers
- S9-classified para swimmers
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games