Linda Mackenzie
Linda Mackenzie 
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| Surname: | Linda June Mackenzie |
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 Australia
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle |
| Society: | Mackay / AIS |
| Birthday: | December 14, 1983 |
| Place of birth: | Mackay |
| Size: | 1.61 m |
| Weight: | 52 kg |
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Linda June Mackenzie (born December 14, 1983 in Mackay ) is an Australian freestyle swimmer .
Career
Linda Mackenzie starts for the Club Mackay / AIS , since 2003 also internationally for her home country. At the 2003 World Cup in Barcelona , she won the silver medal with the Australian 4 × 200m freestyle relay. In Athens , Mackenzie started in four races as part of the 2004 Olympic Games : She failed in the preliminaries in the 200 m and 800 m freestyle. On her parade route, the 400 m freestyle, she reached the final, in which she was seventh. With the 4 × 200m freestyle relay, she just missed winning a medal in fourth place. She had more success with the relay the following year at the World Championships in Montreal , where the Australian relay won the silver medal. She was sixth over 400 m and eighth over 200 m. The most important event for Mackenzie in 2006 was the Pan-Pacific Championships in Victoria . She was able to win the silver medal in both the 200 m and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Bronze came with the 4 × 100m freestyle relay, sixth place over 400 m.
The 2007 World Championships in Melbourne were not very successful . Mackenzie finished eighth in the 400 m freestyle; over 200 m she was eliminated in the semifinals. The Australian found her way back to success in 2008. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , she was eliminated in the 400 m freestyle run, but reached the semi-finals over 200 m. With Stephanie Rice , Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer , Mackenzie won the gold medal in the 4 × 200m freestyle relay on August 14 in a world record time of 7: 44.31 minutes.
Records
| World records (1) | |||
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| 4 × 200 m freestyle (with Rice , Barratt , Palmer ) | 07: 44.31 min | August 14, 2008 | Beijing |
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Web links
- Linda Mackenzie in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Linda Mackenzie in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
Olympic champions in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay1996: Jackson , Teuscher , Taormina , Thompson ( USA ) | 2000: Arsenault , Munz , Benko , Thompson ( USA ) | 2004: Coughlin , Piper , Vollmer , Sandeno ( USA ) | 2008: Rice , Barratt , Palmer , Mackenzie ( AUS ) | 2012: Franklin , Vollmer , Vreeland , Schmitt ( USA ) | 2016: Schmitt , Smith , DiRado , Ledecky ( USA )
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| SURNAME | Mackenzie, Linda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mackenzie, Linda June (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian freestyle swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mackay , Australia |