Sarah-Jane D'Arcy
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sarah-Jane D'Arcy |
| National team |
 Australia |
| Born |
2 May 1977 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Melbourne Vicentre |
Sarah-Jane D'Arcy (born 2 May 1977) is an Australian former swimmer who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[1] She represented the host nation Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also played for the Australian Institute of Sport under her longtime coach and mentor Mark Regan.
D'Arcy competed for the host nation in the women's 400-metre freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She finished ahead of her teammate Kasey Giteau from the Olympic trials in Sydney, achieving a FINA A-cut of 4:11.60.[2][3][4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including China's top favorite Chen Hua and Netherlands' Kirsten Vlieghuis, bronze medalist in Atlanta four years earlier. Coming from third at an earlier pace, D'Arcy faded down the stretch to pick up the last spot in her heat at 4:18.05, more than seven seconds below the leading time set by Chen. D'Arcy failed to reach the top 8 final, as she placed twenty-seventh overall out of 39 swimmers in the prelims.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Sarah-Jane D'Arcy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ Quinlan, Paul (14 May 2000). "Two World Records – Thorpe In 200 Free; Huegill In 50 Fly". Swim News. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Steve (July 2000). "Aussies Ready For" Check
|url= - ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. p. 191. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.