Stephanie Rice

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Stephanie Rice (born 17 June 1988 in Queensland), is a swimmer from Brisbane, Australia. She is a Commonwealth Gold medalist in the 200 metres Individual Medley from the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia where she defeated Olympians Brooke Hanson and Lara Carroll to claim the gold medal in the event in a time of 2:12.90, a personal best by 1.19sec. She also won the 400m individual medley. Stephanie Rice is trained by Coach Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club. Other swimmers trained by Michael Bohl include Nicholas Springer (Athens Olympian).