Karen van Wirdum

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Karen van Wirdum

Personal information

Full name

Karen Tracey van Wirdum

Nationality

Australia

Born

9 April 1971^[1]
Brisbane, Queensland^[1]

Height

1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)^[1]

Weight

52.1 kg (115 lb)^[1]

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Freestyle

Club

Redcliffe Leagues Swimming Club^[1]

Medal record

Women's swimming
Competitor for Australia
World Championships (LC)
Silver	1991 Perth	4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1990 Auckland	100 m freestyle
Gold	1990 Auckland	4×100 m freestyle
Gold	1990 Auckland	4×100 m medley
Gold	1994 Victoria	50 m freestyle
Gold	1994 Victoria	4×100 m medley
Silver	1990 Auckland	50 m freestyle
Silver	1994 Victoria	100 m freestyle
Silver	1994 Victoria	4×100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze	1987 Brisbane	50 m Freestyle

Karen Tracey van Wirdum (born 9 April 1971 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. She won the gold medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and in the 50 m freestyle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Karen van Wirdum". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle

1990: Lisa Curry-Kenny (AUS) 1994: Karen van Wirdum (AUS) 1998: Sue Rolph (ENG) 2002: Alison Sheppard (SCO) 2006: Lisbeth Lenton (AUS) 2010: Yolane Kukla (AUS)

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle

1930 – 1934: 100 yards 1938 – 1966: 110 yards 1970 – 2010: 100 metres

1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) 1934: Phyllis Dewar (CAN) 1938: Evelyn de Lacy (AUS) 1950: Marjorie McQuade (AUS) 1954: Lorraine Crapp (AUS) 1958 – 1962: Dawn Fraser (AUS) 1966: Marion Lay (CAN) 1970: Angela Coughlan (CAN) 1974: Sonya Gray (AUS) 1978: Carol Klimpel (CAN) 1982: June Croft (ENG) 1986: Jane Kerr (CAN) 1990: Karen van Wirdum (AUS) 1994: Karen Pickering (ENG) 1998: Sue Rolph (ENG) 2002: Jodie Henry (AUS) 2006: Lisbeth Lenton (AUS) 2010: Alicia Coutts (AUS)

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1930: 4×100 Yards Freestyle 1934–1966: 4×110 Yards Freestyle 1970–2010: 4×100 Metres Freestyle

1930: England (J. Cooper, D. Cooper, Joynes, Harding) 1934: Canada (Dewar, Humble, Hutton, Pirie) 1938: Canada (Oxenbury, Lyon, Baggaley, Dewar) 1950: Australia (Spencer, Norton, Davies, McQuade) 1954: South Africa (Loveday, Harrison, Petzer, Myburgh) 1958: Australia (Colquhoun, Fraser, Crapp, Morgan) 1962: Australia (Fraser, Bell, Thorn, Everuss) 1966: Canada (Tanner, Hughes, Kennedy, Lay) 1970: Australia (Cain, Langford, Watts, Watson) 1974: Canada (Jardin, Smith, Amundrud, Wright) 1978: Canada (Klimpel, Amundrud, Sloan, Quirk) 1982: England (Gore, Willmott, Croft, Fibbens) 1986: Canada (Nugent, Kerr, Rai, Noall) 1990: Australia (Mullens, Wirdum, Curry-Kenny, O'Neill) 1994: Australia (Windsor, Lewis, Stevenson, O'Neill) 1998: Australia (Rooney, Denman, Thomas, O'Neill) 2002: Australia (Mills, Henry, Thomas, Ryan) 2006: Australia (Lenton, Barratt, Stubbins, Mackenzie) 2010: Australia (Coutts, Guehrer, Galvez, Seebohm)

Persondata
Name	Van Wirdum, Karin
Alternative names
Short description	Australian swimmer
Date of birth	9 April 1971
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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