Jennifer Fratesi

Jennifer Fratesi
Personal information
Full name Jennifer Fratesi
National team  Canada
Born April 20, 1984
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, butterfly
Club Region of Waterloo Swim Club, Kitchener-Waterloo Swimming Centre

Jennifer Fratesi (born April 20, 1984) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who specialized in backstroke events.[1] Fratesi set a Canadian record of 2:11.16 in the 200-metre backstroke at the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, but lost a bronze medal by 0.11 of a second to Great Britain's Joanna Fargus.[2] Fratesi was a member of Kitchener-Waterloo National Swimming Centre, and she was coached and trained by Richard Buwaj.[3]

Fratesi qualified for the women's 200-metre backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by attaining an A-standard entry time of 2:12.36 from the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4][5] In the morning's preliminary heats, Fratesi recorded the sixth fastest time of 2:13.00 to advance to the semifinals. On the evening session, she missed out of the next day's final by two hundredths of a second (0.02) behind British swimmer and world champion Katy Sexton, lowering her Olympic time to 2:12.64.[6] Fratesi also teamed up with Erin Gammel, Lauren van Oosten and Brittany Reimer for the women's 4x100-metre medley relay. Swimming the butterfly third leg, Fratesi recorded a time of 1:01.60, and the Canadian team went on to finish the second heat in sixth place, in a total time of 4:09.84.[7]

References

  1. "Jennifer Fratesi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. Lord, Craig (26 July 2001). "Ho-Hum: Four Olympic Champs Triumph in Fukuoka". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. Pascal, Randy (7 February 2005). "Laurentian Swim Club back in the spotlight". Sudbury Sports. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. "Phelps sets two more world swimming records". USA Today. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. "Women's 200m Backstroke Semifinal 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. "Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

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