Sophie Edington

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Sophie Edington
Personal information
Full name: Sophie Edington
Nationality: Flag of Australia Australia
Date of birth: December 12, 1984 (1984-12-12) (age 23)
Place of birth: Loxton, South Australia
Medal record
World Championships - Long Course
Gold 2005 Montreal[1] 4 x 100 m medley relay
Gold 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m freestyle relay
World Championships - Short Course
Gold 2006 Shanghai[2] 4 x 100 m medley relay
Silver 2006 Shanghai 4 x 100 m freestyle relay
Gold 2004 Indianapolis[3] 50 m backstroke
Bronze 2004 Indianapolis 100 m backstroke
Bronze 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 100 m freestyle relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2006 Melbourne[4] 100 m backstroke
Gold 2006 Melbourne 50 m backstroke
Gold 2006 Melbourne 4 x 100 m medley relay

Sophie Edington (born 12 December 1984 in Loxton, South Australia) is an Australian backstroke swimmer. She trains at the Kingscliff ASC club under Greg Salter.

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal she won two gold medals, with the backstroke leg in 4x100 m medley relay and as a heat swimmer in the 4x100 m freestyle.

She won three gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne: 50 m and 100 m backstroke, and the 4 × 100 m medley relay in world record time of 3:56.30 s with teammates Leisel Jones, Libby Lenton and Jessicah Schipper.

Controversy followed her defeat of Giaan Rooney in the 50 m backstroke, a week later, when video footage showed that Edington touched behind Rooney, but because Edingtone hit the wall harder, the touch pad registered her time faster. With Rooney deciding not to protest, the period lapsed and Edington remains the title holder and Games Record holder.

After a promising string of breakthroughs, Sophie had a disappointing World Championship Trials campaign for the Melbourne 2007. She finished 15th in the 100m Freestyle and 3rd in the 100m Backstroke (in which she was the reigning Australian Record holder) to Emily Seebohm and Tayliah Zimmer who dead heated for 1st. While she came 2nd in the 50m Backstroke to Zimmer, she was not selected to be part of the team, with Seebohm replacing her in that event.

She is the current world record holder for the 50m backstroke, set at the 2008 Australian Olympic Trials, beating the day old record of 27.95s to lower it to 27.67s, to take the record from fellow Australian Emily Seebohm, who did not swim the final. Over the 100m backstroke she managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing finishing second behind Emily Seebohm in 59.84s. This was the first time three women from the same country had broken the minute barrier, and the first time a race in history had three women dipping under that mark (as it also included Belinda Hocking who did not qualify).

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  2. ^ Shanghai 2006 results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
  3. ^ You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.. |- align=center bgcolor=white |bgcolor="#cc9966"| Bronze || 2004 Indianapolis || {{{2}}}
  4. ^ Swimming Schedule and Results. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
Records
Preceded by
Flag of Australia Emily Seebohm
Women's 50 metre backstroke
world record holder (long course)

23 March 2008 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Flag of Australia
Giaan Rooney
Leisel Jones
Petria Thomas
Jodie Henry
Women's 4 x 100 metres medley relay
world record holder (long course)

21 March 200431 March 2007
Flag of Australia
Sophie Edington
Leisel Jones
Jessicah Schipper
Libby Lenton
Succeeded by
Flag of Australia
Emily Seebohm
Leisel Jones
Jessicah Schipper
Libby Lenton


Persondata
NAME Edington, Sophie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH 12 December 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Loxton, South Australia, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH


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