Anna Wilson (swimmer)

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Anna Wilson
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Birth nameAnna Louise Wilson
Born (1977-05-01) 1 May 1977 (age 47)
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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CountryNew Zealand
SportSwimming

Anna Louise Wilson (born 1 May 1977) is a United States-born Olympic swimmer from New Zealand.

Biography

Wilson was born in 1977 in Iowa City in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1] Wilson, Elizabeth Van Welie, Scott Cameron, and Danyon Loader all trained under swimming coach Duncan Laing at Moana Pool in Dunedin, New Zealand at the same time. [2] [3] [4] In 1991, she set an Otago record in 100 m freestyle that would stand for 20 years. [5] In 1993, she set an Otago senior women's record in 1500 m freestyle that would stand until 2009. [6] In 1995, she set a national women's aged 17 100 m breaststroke record; it stood for 18 years until it was broken by Natasha Lloyd in 2013. [7] Wilson's Otago 100 m individual medley women's open record stood until broken in 2012. [8] As of 2016, she still holds four national age group records. [9]

Wilson represented New Zealand at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in six events. [10] She placed 4th in the 400 individual medley which qualified her for the 1994 World Championships in Rome, Italy. At the 1994 World Aquatics Championships she placed 2nd in the B final of the 400 individual medley or 10th overall. [11]

Wilson was one of the 14 swimmers who represented New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. She qualified in 6 events and her time at the NZ trials in the 400 individual medley would have placed her 2nd at the US Olympic trials that year. [12] Wilson was in a team with Dionne Bainbridge, Sarah Catherwood, and Alison Fitch to compete in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. [12] They came fifth in their heat and did not qualify for the final; [13] their overall placement was 11th out of 21 teams. [14] In the 100 metre breaststroke, she came 31st out of 46 competitors. [15] In the 200 metre individual medley, she came 25th out of 43 competitors. [16] In the 400 metre individual medley, she came 24th out of 31 competitors. [17] Wilson was in a team with Lydia Lipscombe, Anna Simcic, and Alison Fitch to compete in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay. [12] They came sixth in their heat and did not qualify for the final; [18] their overall placement was 19th out of 24 teams. [19] Wilson is New Zealand Olympian number 747. [10]

Wilson's portrait is included on the wall of fame at Moana Pool. [20] She is in the Hall of Fame at Swimming New Zealand. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (2 June 2009). "Swimming: Clearwater shows star power with five records". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (14 October 2011). "Greatest moments in Otago sport – Number 30". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (25 March 2013). "Swimming: Godfrey star for Otago". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (9 March 2011). "Swimming: Four more Otago records for Ruske". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (15 August 2009). "Swimming: Milestone for Williams as long-standing record falls". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (4 June 2013). "Swimming: Breaststroke record a step on path to Rio". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  8. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (5 October 2012). "Swimming: Heaton shows maturity in smashing NZ record". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  9. ↑ 113th Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2015 / 2016 (PDF). Swimming Otago. 2016. p. 24.
  10. 1 2 "Anna Wilson". New Zealand Olympic Committee . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Hall of Fame". Swimming New Zealand . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  13. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  14. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  15. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  16. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Individual Medley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  17. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  18. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  19. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  20. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (3 July 2010). "Swimming: Five more names in fame frames". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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