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Rebecca Adlington OBE (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.
The double Olympic and Commonwealth champion called time on her career at the age of 23. On This Day in 2013: Rebecca Adlington retires from competitive swimming Skip to main content
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 14 and 16 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington broke one of the oldest world records in the book to claim a second Olympic gold, following her first triumph in the 400 m freestyle.
Rebecca Adlington: Swimming: At the Beijing Olympics, Adlington won two golds in the 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle. The second of these titles saw Adlington break the world record. The first British woman to win Olympic swimming gold since 1960, and first Briton in a century to win more than one swimming gold in a single games. [12] 145,924 ...
Rebecca Adlington became Great Britain's first female gold medalist in swimming in 48 years. [2] She posted an outside-record time of 4:03.22 to pip U.S. swimmer Katie Hoff in the final 5 metres after a 1.46-second deficit, with one length to go.
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Adlington and Balding were joined by Mark Foster as they discussed the legacy of David Wilkie, the first British champion to win a gold medal for swimming at the 1976 Montreal Games.
The most successful swimmer was Rebecca Adlington who won two gold medals. Her 400 m freestyle success was Britain's first Olympic swimming title since 1988, and the first swimming gold by a British woman since 1960. Her second gold, in the 800 m freestyle, meant she also equalled the best performance by a British woman, from any sport, at the ...