(1987-03-18) March 18, 1987 (age 37) Freehold Borough, New Jersey, U.S.
Height
5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight
134 lb (61 kg)
Website
RebSoni.com
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Breaststroke
Club
Scarlet Aquatics
College team
University of Southern California
Coach
Dave Salo
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing United States
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
3
3
0
World Championships (LC)
4
1
1
World Championships (SC)
3
1
0
Pan Pacific Championships
3
0
0
Universiade
1
2
0
Total
14
7
1
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
200 m breaststroke
2012 London
200 m breaststroke
2012 London
4×100 m medley
2008 Beijing
100 m breaststroke
2008 Beijing
4×100 m medley
2012 London
100 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
2009 Rome
100 m breaststroke
2011 Shanghai
100 m breaststroke
2011 Shanghai
200 m breaststroke
2011 Shanghai
4×100 m medley
2009 Rome
50 m breaststroke
2011 Shanghai
50 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
2010 Dubai
50 m breaststroke
2010 Dubai
100 m breaststroke
2010 Dubai
200 m breaststroke
2010 Dubai
4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
2010 Irvine
100 m breaststroke
2010 Irvine
200 m breaststroke
2010 Irvine
4×100 m medley
Universiade
2005 Izmir
4×100 m medley
2005 Izmir
100 m breaststroke
2005 Izmir
200 m breaststroke
Rebecca Soni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200-meter breaststroke (short and long course), and is the first woman to swim the 200-meter breaststroke in under 2 minutes 20 seconds. As a member of the U.S. national team, she held the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay from 2012 to 2017 (long course).
Soni has won a total of twenty-two medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, seven silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, the Universiade, and the Pan Pacific Championships. She burst onto the international scene at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she won two silver medals and one gold. In the 200-meter breaststroke at the Olympics, she set the world record en route to winning gold, shocking Australian favorite Leisel Jones.[1] Four years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Soni successfully defended her Olympic title in the 200-meter breaststroke in world record time, becoming the first woman to do so in the event.
She was named Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year award in 2010 and 2011, and the American Swimmer of the Year award in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
^"American Rebecca Soni wins Olympic 200 breast". The Herald Bulletin. August 15, 2008. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
RebeccaSoni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former...
American silver medalist RebeccaSoni. While she was the favourite to win in the 200-metre breaststroke, she was beaten by Soni, who won gold in world record...
Coughlin, RebeccaSoni, and Dana Vollmer. Franklin swam the freestyle leg (anchor leg) in a time of 51.32. b Record set with RebeccaSoni, Dana Vollmer...
first male swimmer to win the same event in three consecutive Olympics. RebeccaSoni and Phelps (twice) are the only swimmers to successfully defend an individual...
medley. Emily Seebohm, member of the winning 4 × 100-metre freestyle. RebeccaSoni, winner of the 200-metre breaststroke and 4 × 100-metre medley. "Olympedia...
Italy Michael Phelps United States 2010 RebeccaSoni United States Ryan Lochte United States 2011 RebeccaSoni United States Ryan Lochte United States...
medal in her final race in the 4×100-meter medley relay swimming with RebeccaSoni, Christine Magnuson, and Dara Torres. After taking an 18-month hiatus...
13 Gold Kristin Armstrong Cycling Women's time trial August 13 Gold RebeccaSoni Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke August 15 Gold Ryan Lochte Swimming...
100 Breaststroke in Chartres". Swimswam. Retrieved 26 August 2016. "RebeccaSoni". Swimswam.com. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020. Lord, Craig...
Strong". Around the Rings. Retrieved August 3, 2011. "USA's Ryan Lochte, RebeccaSoni Sweep Swimming World World, American Swimmers of the Year Awards". Swimming...
medals by the benefit of a sterling long-distance freestyle double from Rebecca Adlington. A total of 25 world records and 65 Olympic records were set...
World. November 19, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2021. "Ryan Lochte, RebeccaSoni Win Top Honors at the USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards"....
time of 8:14.63, the then second-fastest effort of all time just behind Rebecca Adlington's world record of 8:14.10 set in 2008. In addition, she broke...
the 4×100-meter medley relay with Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer and RebeccaSoni. As the freestyle leg, Hardy recorded a time of 53.12 and the American...
m individual medley: 2:11.70, 2004 Summer Olympics Beard, Amanda with Rebecca Paley. In the Water They Can't See You Cry: A Memoir. New York, Simon &...
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