Angie Bainbridge

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Angie Bainbridge
Personal information
Full nameAngie Lee Bainbridge
National teamFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1989-10-16) 16 October 1989 (age 34)
Newcastle, New South Wales
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubHunter
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Manchester 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Manchester 4×200 m freestyle

Angie Lee Bainbridge, OAM [1] (born 16 October 1989) is an Australian freestyle swimmer who specialises in the 200-metre event.

At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships she qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relay squads by coming sixth and third in the respective individual events. [2]

She was not used as the Australians won bronze in the shorter race. She then swam the preliminary heats of the longer relay, and collected gold when the first-choice quartet won the final in a world record time.[ citation needed ]

In 2009, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia "For service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games". [1]

She was part of the Australian 4 × 200 m freestyle team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, again swimming in the heats. [3] [2]

She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bainbridge, Angie Lee". It's An Honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Angie Bainbridge". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. "Angie Bainbridge Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine