Sarah Price

Sarah Price

Personal information
Full name	Sarah Jane Price
Nationality	British
Born	(1979-04-19) 19 April 1979 Enfield, Greater London
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
College team	Loughborough University
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Great Britain European Championships - Long Course Bronze 1997 Seville 4×100 m medley European Championships - Short Course Gold 2001 Antwerp 200 m backstroke Gold 2002 Riesa 200 m backstroke Silver 2001 Antwerp 100 m backstroke Silver 2004 Vienna 200 m backstroke Bronze 1999 Lisbon 100 m backstroke Bronze 2000 Valencia 4×50 m medley Bronze 2002 Riesa 100 m backstroke Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester 100 m backstroke Gold 2002 Manchester 200 m backstroke Bronze 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m medley Bronze 2002 Manchester 50 m backstroke Bronze 2002 Manchester 4×100 m medley

Sarah Price (born 19 April 1979 in North London) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom. She began her swimming career at the Potters Bar club, and turned professional aged fifteen. She set her first British record in 1997 in the 50 m backstroke. She also swam for Barnet Copthall Swimming Club, before ending her career at Loughborough University.

In 2001, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany, Price set a world record in the 200 m backstroke winning gold.^[1] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, she won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke races,^[2] and bronze in the 50 m race and the medley relay. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she cut her leg on an underwater camera and was eliminated as a result.^[3] Price retired in March 2005.

References

External links

• BBC Sports Academy