Chelsey Edwards

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Chelsey Edwards
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23)
Lower Hutt
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubSwimZone Racing, Capital Swim Club, Coast Swim Club
CoachFrank Tourelle, Gary Hollywood, Michael Weston
Medal record
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Nassau 4×200 m mixed freestyle

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]

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Edwards attended Chilton Saint James School in Lower Hutt. [2]

Swimming Career

2017 Commonwealth youth games

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]

2018 Junior Pan Pacific championships

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]

2019 World championships

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]

2022 World championships

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.

2023 World championships

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]

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References

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