Rebecca Adlington
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| Surname: | Rebecca Adlington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname (s): | Becks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United Kingdom
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| 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
1924: Martha Norelius | 1928: Martha Norelius | 1932: Helene Madison | 1936: Hendrika Mastenbroek | 1948: Ann Curtis | 1952: Valéria Gyenge | 1956: Lorraine Crapp | 1960: Chris from Saltza | 1964: Virginia Duenkel | 1968: Debbie Meyer | 1972: Shane Gould | 1976: Petra Thümer | 1980: Ines Diers | 1984: Tiffany Cohen | 1988: Janet Evans | 1992: Dagmar Hase | 1996: Michelle Smith | 2000: Brooke Bennett | 2004: Laure Manaudou | 2008: Rebecca Adlington | 2012: Camille Muffat | 2016: Katie Ledecky
1968: Debbie Meyer | 1972: Keena Rothhammer | 1976: Petra Thümer | 1980: Michelle Ford | 1984: Tiffany Cohen | 1988: Janet Evans | 1992: Janet Evans | 1996: Brooke Bennett | 2000: Brooke Bennett | 2004: Ai Shibata | 2008: Rebecca Adlington | 2012: Katie Ledecky | 2016: Katie Ledecky
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| SURNAME | Adlington, Rebecca |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mansfield , UK |