Rebecca Adlington
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Surname: | Rebecca Adlington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname (s): | Becks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nation: | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Society: | Nova Centurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birthday: | February 17, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Mansfield (Nottinghamshire) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size: | 1.79 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 70 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebecca Adlington , OBE (born February 17, 1989 in Mansfield , United Kingdom ) is a former British freestyle swimmer .
At the Short Course World Championships in Manchester in 2008 , Adlington was world champion in the 800 m freestyle with a new European record time. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , she won gold medals in the 400 m freestyle and 800 m freestyle.
In 2009 she received the Laureus World Sports Award in the “ Breakthrough of the Year ” category . At the Swimming World Championships in Rome in 2009 , Rebecca Adlington won two bronze medals, with the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in a new European record and over 400 m freestyle.
In 2010 Adlington won four medals at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi : Gold in the 400m and 800m freestyle and bronze in the 200m freestyle and with the 4 × 200m freestyle relay.
In February 2013, Adlington announced its retirement from professional swimming.
In November and December 2013, Adlington participated in the thirteenth season of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part where she was voted sixth.
Records
World records (1) | |||
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800 m freestyle | 08: 14.10 min | August 16, 2008 | Beijing |
European records (1) | |||
4 × 200 m freestyle | 07: 45.51 min | July 30, 2009 | Rome |
(As of July 30, 2009) |
Web links
- Profile at the website of the British Olympic team in 2008 (English)
- Profile at British Swimming ( Memento from February 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Rebecca Adlington in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Rebecca Adlington in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Owen Gibson: Rebecca Adlington announces retirement from competitive swimming . Guardian.co.uk , February 5, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ To Olympic athlete, Miss Great Britain ... and Joey Essex: This year's full I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! line-up is revealed , Nov. 13, 2013, Daily Mail
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SURNAME | Adlington, Rebecca |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British swimmer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mansfield , UK |