Bradley Ally

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Bradley Ally
Personal information
Full nameBradley Kevin Ally
National teamFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
Born (1986-12-11) 11 December 1986 (age 36)
Barbados
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
College team University of Florida
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Barbados
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 200 m breast
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 100 m breast
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez 200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez 400 m medley
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley

Bradley Kevin Ally (born 11 December 1986) is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He represented Barbados at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] He was the bronze medalist in the 200-meter individual medley at the Pan-American Games in Brazil 2007. He holds the Barbadian Record in the butterfly and individual medley events, as well as the 200-meter freestyle.

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Ally was born in Barbados in 1986.

Ally received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2007 to 2010. Ally set an NCAA record in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1.40.49. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in geology in 2010.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, he bettered the Games records in the 200 and 400-metre individual medley (2:02.98 and 4:22.86). [2] [3]

Ally now coaches swimming near his home outside of Fort Lauderdale. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bradley Ally Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  2. ↑ Men's 200 IM results [ permanent dead link ] from the 2006 CACs.
  3. ↑ Men's 400 IM results [ permanent dead link ] from the 2006 CACs.
  4. ↑ "Bradley A. Private Swimming Coach in Tamarac, FL | CoachUp". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-07-28.


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