Sophie Edington
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| Full name | Sophie Jane Edington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Soph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
December 12, 1984 Loxton, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | backstroke, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vicentre Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sophia "Sophie" Jane Edington[3] (born 12 December 1984 in Loxton, South Australia) is an Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer.
Biography
Edington trained at the Kingscliff ASC club under Greg Salter. After Salter took up an overseas coaching role Edington moved to Queensland to train under the QAS program from the end of 2008. She then moved to Melbourne at the end of 2010 where she now trains at MSAC. 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. Edington is a former world record holder for the 50m backstroke, set at the 2008 Australian Olympic Trials. She was part of the relay team in 2004 that broke the World Record at the world short course championships. Four years after winning 3 Gold medals at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Edington was successful in defending the 50m Backstroke title to claim her 4th Commonwealth Gold medal at Delhi in 2010.
See also
- Commonwealth Games records in swimming
References
- ↑ "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ↑ "Swimming Schedule and Results". Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ↑ "Results – Tuesday 5 October". BBC Sport. 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
External links
- Sophie Edington Official website
- Sophie Edington at Swimming Australia
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| Preceded by Emily Seebohm |
Women's 50 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) 23 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 |
Succeeded by shared between Sophie Edington & Zhao Jing |
| Preceded by Sophie Edington &Zhao Jing |
Women's 50 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) 9 April 2009 – 26 June 2009 |
Succeeded by Daniela Samulski |
| Preceded by Giaan Rooney Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Jodie Henry |
Women's 4 x 100 metres medley relay world record holder (long course) 21 March 2004 – 31 March 2007 Sophie Edington Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton |
Succeeded by Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton |
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Preceded by Tara Kirk |
Mare Nostrum Tour Overall Winner 2008 |
Succeeded by Anastasia Zuyeva |
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