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Full name | Christine Irene Marshall | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Newport News, Virginia, U.S. | August 11, 1986||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Auburn Aquatics | ||||||||||||||
College team | Texas A&M University | ||||||||||||||
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Christine Irene Marshall (born August 11, 1986) is an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She attended Texas A&M University, [1] and competed for the Texas A&M Aggies swimming and diving team from 2005 to 2009. [2]
Marshall represented the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She received a bronze medal by swimming for the third-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. She and her preliminary heat teammates set a new American record in the event. [3]
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