Amanda Pascoe

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Amanda Pascoe
Personal information
Full nameAmanda Pascoe
NationalityAustralian
Born (1984-10-31) 31 October 1984 (age 38) [1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes freestyle
Medal record
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Moscow 4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester 800 m freestyle
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Christchurch 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 Christchurch4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2000 Christchurch4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2000 Christchurch200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2000 Christchurch800 m freestyle

Amanda Pascoe (born 31 October 1984) is an Australian freestyle swimmer.

Career

Pascoe first competed for Australia at the 2000 Oceania Swimming Championships in Christchurch where she won gold in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:20.46 and with Heidi Crawford, Tammie Smith and Joy Symons won gold in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay in 8:24.69. In both events new championships record times were set. Pascoe also won silver in 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay with Crawford, Brooke Townsend and Carmen Cosgrove in 3:55.46, and won bronze in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:04.89 and bronze 800-metre freestyle in 8:56.83.

At the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Pascoe finished 4th in the 1500 metre freestyle in 16:16.80 [2] and 12th in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:43.79. [3]

At the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Melbourne, Pascoe won the 800-metre freestyle in 8:21.27, [4] finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:05.28 [5] and 12th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:02.13. [6] At the event in Paris, Pascoe won the 800-metre freestyle in 8:19.54 [7] and was runner up in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:07.13. [7] In Stockholm, Pascoe won the 800-metre freestyle in 8:23.99, [8] finished 3rd in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:08.70 [9] and 14th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:03.23. [10] At the final event in Berlin, Pascoe won the 800-metre freestyle for the fourth time in 8:17.64, [11] finished runner up in 400-metre freestyle in 4:05.42 [12] and 21st in 200-metre freestyle in 2:02.35. [13]

At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, Pascoe with Giaan Rooney, Clementine Stoney and Lori Munz finished 4th in the heats of the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay. [14] In the final, Pascoe and Stoney were replaced with Elka Graham and Petria Thomas who won bronze with a time of 7:49.50. [15] In other results, Pascoe finished 6th both the 400 and the 800-metre freestyle events with times of 4:08.68 [16] and 8:29.98 [17] respectively.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Pascoe won silver in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:34.19 [18] and finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:14.74. [19]

At the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, Japan, Pascoe finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:13.33, [20] 6th in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:39.89 [21] and 7th in the 1500 metre freestyle in 16:46.84. [22]

At the 2003 Duel in the Pool between United States and Australia in Indianapolis, Pascoe finished 3rd in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:37.52. [23]

At the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Pascoe finished 14th in the 800-metre freestyle in 16:38.70 [24] and 15th in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:42.27. [25]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Results of the women's 1500 metre freestyle final at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships". FINA. 28 July 2001. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Results of the women's 800-metre freestyle heats at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships". FINA. 22 July 2001. Archived from the original on 24 August 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Results of the women's 800-metre freestyle timed final at the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Melbourne" (pdf). Omega. 7 December 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ "Results of the women's 400-metre freestyle final at the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Melbourne" (pdf). Omega. 8 December 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "Results of the women's 200-metre freestyle heats at the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Melbourne" (pdf). Omega. 9 December 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. 1 2 "Women's 2002 FINA World Cup Medallists" (PDF). Swim News Magazine. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 29 (1): 10. January–February 2002.
  8. ↑ "Results of the women's 800-metre freestyle timed final at the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Stockholm" (pdf). Omega. 22 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ↑ "Results of the women's 400-metre freestyle final at the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Stockholm" (pdf). Omega. 23 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ↑ "Results of the women's 200-metre freestyle heats at the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Stockholm" (pdf). Omega. 22 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ↑ "Results of the women's 800-metre freestyle timed final at the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Berlin" (pdf). Omega. 26 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ↑ "Results of the women's 400-metre freestyle final at the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Berlin" (pdf). Omega. 27 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  14. ↑ "Results of the women's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay heats at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). Omega. 3 April 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  25. ↑ "Results of the women's 800-metre freestyle heats at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships" (pdf). Omega. 25 July 2003: 1. Retrieved 17 January 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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