Lotte Friis

Lotte Friis
Personal information
Full name Lotte Friis
Nationality  Denmark
Born 9 February 1988
Blovstrød, Denmark
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Gentofte Svømmeklub

Lotte Friis (born 9 February 1988) is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.[1]

Friis was born in Blovstrød. Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition. At the 2009 World Championships she won silver in the 1500 metre freestyle competition[2] and gold in the 800 metre freestyle competition with the second fastest time ever and a new championship record.[3] At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai Friis won gold in the women's 1500 metre freestyle in the time 15:49.59[4] and silver in the women's 800 metre freestyle.[5] Friis participated in the women's 400 metre freestyle and made it to the final. She ended as number five in the time 4:04.68,[6] which was a new Nordic record.

References

  1. ↑ "1500-Free-W" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  2. ↑ FINA World Championships, Swimming: Italy's Alessia Filippi Earns Roars from Crowd With Victorious 1500 Free , Swimming World Magazine, 28 July 2009
  3. ↑ FINA World Championships, Swimming: Denmark's Lotte Friis Clocks Second Fastest 800 Free for Meet Record, Win , Swimming World Magazine, 1 August 2009
  4. ↑ Omegatiming.com, 14th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Shanghai (CHN), Women's 1500m Freestyle, Final
  5. ↑ Omegatiming.com, 14th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Shanghai (CHN), Women's 800m Freestyle, Final
  6. ↑ Omegatiming.com, 14th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Shanghai (CHN), Women's 400m Freestyle, Final
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Denmark national handball team		 Danish Sports Name of the Year
2009 		Succeeded by
Caroline Wozniacki