Rebecca Adlington

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Personal information
Surname: Rebecca Adlington
Nickname (s): Becks
Nation: United KingdomUnited Kingdom 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
Medal table

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)
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

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Owen Gibson: Rebecca Adlington announces retirement from competitive swimming . Guardian.co.uk , February 5, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  2. 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