| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1993 South Shields, England | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Club | University of Stirling | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||
Danielle Huskisson (born 27 March 1993) is a British swimmer, specialising in open water events. [1] She competed in the women's 10 km event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and she finished in 25th place. [2] [3]
World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA, is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley, 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke, and 200 metre breaststroke. After making her Olympic debut in 2008, she went on to win the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke in 2012, and silver medals in the 100 metre and 200 metre breaststroke in 2016. She is a six-time World Champion, winning the 50 metre breaststroke in 2009 and 2013, the 100 metre breaststroke in 2015, and the 200 metre breaststroke in 2013, 2017, and 2019. In 2019, she became the first woman to win the 200 metre breaststroke at a FINA World Aquatics Championships three times. She is a former world record holder in the long course 50 metre breaststroke. She has won 109 medals, including 48 gold medals, at Swimming World Cups.
Chloe Elizabeth Sutton Mackey is an American retired competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle and long-distance events. Sutton represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games. Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, Pan Pacific Championships, and Pan American Games. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and competed in the 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Haley Danita Anderson is an American competitive swimmer who is an Olympic silver medalist. She placed second in the 10-kilometer open water event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Eva Fabian is an American-Israeli open water swimmer. She was the 2010 world champion in the 5-kilometer swim, and won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's 10k.
The American team competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China from July 16 to July 31. The United States topped the gold medal count in the competition with 17 golds and finished the competition with 32 total medals, behind China's 36. 16 of the 17 gold medals came from the swimming competition and one came from the open water swimming competition. Individually, Michael Phelps won the most overall medals in the competition with seven. Ryan Lochte won the most gold medals among the male competitors with five and finished the competition with six medals total.
Ana Marcela Jesus Soares da Cunha is a Brazilian swimmer who specializes in the open water swimming marathon. She is considered one of the best open water swimmers in history, having obtained 17 medals in FINA World Aquatics Championships. She has also received FINA’s Female World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year award six times. Her countless achievements are comparable only to those of Larisa Ilchenko, another multi-medalist in World Championships.
Kalliopi "Kelly" Araouzou is a Greek competitive swimmer. She participates in the open water events.
Anastasiia Krapivina is a Russian swimmer. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
María Alejandra Bramont-Arias García is a Peruvian swimmer. She competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Souad Nefissa Cherouati is an Algerian swimmer. She competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, she represented Algeria at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle and women's 1500 metre freestyle events. In both events she did not advance to compete in the final.
Eden Cheng is an English elite diver representing Great Britain and England. She won her first major medal in 2018 at the age of 15, when she won the gold medal at the European Championships in the 10 metre platform synchro with Lois Toulson.
Katherine Torrance is a British diver.
Scarlett Mew Jensen is a British diver. She formed part of the gold medal winning Great Britain squad in the Team event at the 2024 World Aquatics championships, and has won two World Championship medals in her specialist 3 metre synchronised springboard event with Yasmin Harper. She won a bronze medal in the 3m synchro springboard event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Kareena Lee is an Australian swimmer, specialising in open water events. She competed in the women's 10 km event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and she finished in 7th place. In April 2021, she qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she claimed bronze in the 10km event after occupying 3rd position of 25 at 5.2km.
Alice Georgina Nana Dearing is a British swimmer, specialising in open water events. In June 2021, Dearing qualified to represent Great Britain in the 2020 Olympics. Dearing co-founded the Black Swimming Association in 2020. The charity was founded to encourage swimming among BME communities in Britain, and has the support of Swim England.
Angélica Maria Ribeiro André is a Portuguese swimmer specialising in open water events. She competed in the women's 10 km event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and she finished in 19th place. She also competed in the women's 25 km event, but did not finish the race.
Paula Ruiz Bravo is a Spanish swimmer, specialising in open water events. She competed in the women's 10 km event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, finishing in 24th place.
Anastasiya Shkurdai is a Belarusian swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships held in Qatar. She won a gold medal at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Great Britain.
Danielle Treasure is a Barbadian swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships, in Hangzhou, China. In 2019, she represented Barbados at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle and women's 400 metre freestyle events.
  | This biographical article related to a British swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
