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Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||
Born | Lower Hutt | 15 June 2001||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||
Sport | |||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||
Club | SwimZone Racing, Capital Swim Club, Coast Swim Club | ||||||||
Coach | Frank Tourelle, Gary Hollywood, Michael Weston | ||||||||
Medal record
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Chelsey Edwards (born 15 June 2001) is a New Zealand competitive swimmer who has represented New Zealand at three different world championship events and is a Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist. [1]
Edwards attended Chilton Saint James School in Lower Hutt. [2]
At the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Nassau, Edwards, alongside teammates Lewis Clareburt, Zac Reid and Leticia Transom, claimed gold in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay in a time of 7:50.85 despite Edwards battling with sickness throughout the meet. [3]
Edwards raced at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Suva with an 8th place finish in the A final of the 50 metre freestyle in a time of 26.60, an overall 13th place finish in the 200 metre freestyle in a time of 2:03.67, and an overall 15th place finish in the 100m freestyle in a time of 57.06. [4]
Edwards qualified to compete at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju where she finished in 37th in a time of 26.05 in the 50m freestyle and was part of the 4x200 metre freestyle relay which finished 10th alongside Erika Fairweather, Carina Doyle and Eve Thomas. [5]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Edwards finished 23rd in the 50 metre freestyle in a time of 25.91. [6] She also took part in the 4x100 metre mixed freestyle relay alongside Lewis Clareburt, Carter Swift and Laura Littlejohn which set a new national record in a time of 3:27.91 and narrowly missed out on a spot in the final.
Racing at her third world championships, Edwards finished 29th in the 100 metre freestyle in a time of 56.04 and was part of the 4x100 metre mixed freestyle alongside Cameron Gray, Carter Swift and Helena Gasson that finished 16th. [7]