(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Height
5 ft 10 in (179 cm)[1]
Weight
11 st 0 lb; 154 lb (70 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle
Club
Nova Centurion
Coach
Bill Furniss
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
2
0
2
World Championships (LC)
1
1
2
World Championships (SC)
1
1
0
European Championships (LC)
1
1
1
Commonwealth Games
2
0
2
Total
7
3
7
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
400 m freestyle
2008 Beijing
800 m freestyle
2012 London
400 m freestyle
2012 London
800 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2011 Shanghai
800 m freestyle
2011 Shanghai
400 m freestyle
2009 Rome
400 m freestyle
2009 Rome
4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2008 Manchester
800 m freestyle
2008 Manchester
4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2010 Budapest
400 m freestyle
2006 Budapest
800 m freestyle
2010 Budapest
4×200 m freestyle
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi
400 m freestyle
2010 Delhi
800 m freestyle
2010 Delhi
200 m freestyle
2010 Delhi
4×200 m freestyle
Rebecca AdlingtonOBE (born 17 February 1989) is an English former competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle events in international competition. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle and 800-metre freestyle, breaking the 19-year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800-metre final. Adlington was Britain's first Olympic swimming champion since 1988, and the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals since 1908.[2] After winning her first World Championship gold over 800 metres in 2011, along with silver in the 400 metres at the same meet, she won bronze medals in both the women's 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle events in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Adlington is one of the few people to have won Olympic Games, World Championships, continental championships and Commonwealth Games gold medals, although she did not win a set in any one event (never winning 400 metre freestyle gold at the World Championships, or 800 metre freestyle gold at the European championships).
On 5 February 2013, Adlington retired from all competitive swimming, at the age of 23.[3] Since retiring as a competitor, she has worked for BBC TV as a swimming pundit at the Olympic Games and World Aquatics Championships, and made various other media appearances. Adlington is also one of a number of former sports stars behind a commercial group dedicated to providing coaching and leisure outlets.
^ ab"Rebecca Adlington's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
^"Video review – Adlington is GB's golden girl". BBC Sport. 24 August 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
^"Rebecca Adlington: Time right to retire from swimming". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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