Alicia Coutts
Alicia Coutts 
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Alicia Coutts, left, after receiving the bronze medal in the 100m dolphin in London 2012 |
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| Surname: | Alicia Coutts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Dolphin, freestyle, layers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Redlands Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | September 14, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Brisbane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.76 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 70 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alicia Jayne Coutts (born September 14, 1987 in Brisbane ) is an Australian swimming athlete who is successful in dolphin , freestyle and medley swimming . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , she won five medals, including the gold medal in the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay.
successes
She won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle race as a starting swimmer together with her colleagues Cate Campbell , Brittany Elmslie and Melanie Schlanger in the Olympic record time of 3: 33.15 min. The Netherlands (with Inge Dekker , Marleen Veldhuis , Femke Heemskerk and Ranomi Kromowidjojo - 3: 33.79) and the United States (with Missy Franklin , Jessica Hardy , Lia Neal and Allison Schmitt - 3:34, 24).
In the 4 × 200 m freestyle race together with Bronte Barratt , Melanie Schlanger and Kylie Palmer jumped silver in 7: 44.41 behind the USA (7: 42.92) and ahead of France (7: 47.49).
In the 4 × 100 m individual medley, the Australians with Coutts again received silver in 3: 54.02 behind the women of the USA (3: 52.05) and ahead of Japan (3: 54.02) on the butterfly course.
Coutts won the silver medal in the 200 m medley in 2: 08.15 behind the Chinese Ye Shiwen (2: 07.57) and ahead of the American Caitlin Leverenz (2: 08.95).
There was bronze in the 100 m dolphin in 56.94 s behind the American Dana Vollmer (55.98, WR) and the Chinese Lu Ying (56.87).
The FINA World Championships 2013 in Barcelona and 2011 in Shanghai garnered Coutts seven silver medals and a bronze one. At the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and 2014 there were a total of eight gold and one silver. In addition, Coutts received six medals at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships .
Coutts is the holder of the Order of Australia (OAM).
Web links
- Alicia Coutts in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
- Coutts on swimming.org.au
- Coutts' homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Golden girl Alicia Coutts adds OAM to medal haul , Canberra Times, January 26, 2014, accessed June 18, 2015
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| SURNAME | Coutts, Alicia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coutts, Alicia Jayne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brisbane |