Georgia Coates

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Georgia Coates
Personal information
Nickname(s)Gee, Gee-Money
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 25)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight54 kg (119 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubCity of Leeds Swimming Club
CoachRichard Denigan

Georgia Coates (born 19 February 1999) is a British swimmer who won five medals at the 2015 European Games. She has been selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Personal life

Coates was born on 19 February 1999 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [2] She attends Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley where she earned 12 GCSEs, completing her final exam in Baku whilst competing at the 2015 European Games. [3]

Swimming

Coates is a member of the City of Leeds Swimming Club where she is coached by Richard Denigan. [3] In 2013, she represented Great Britain at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands. [4]

She was selected to swim for Great Britain at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the 100-metre freestyle she reached the semi-finals and finished 12th in a time of 57.35 seconds. [5] She reached the final of the 400-metre individual medley but missed out on a medal after finishing fourth. [6] [7] She won her first medal, a bronze, in the women's 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay alongside Darcy Deakin, Maddie Crompton and Hannah Featherstone. [8] [9] In the mixed 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay Coates, Deakin, Martyn Walton and Duncan Scott won a silver medal behind the Russian quartet. [10] [11] She placed fifth in the 200-metre breaststroke, [12] she won further bronze medals in the women's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay and the women's 4 × 100-metre medley relay. [13] [14] [15] She won her fifth medal of the Games in the mixed 4 × 100-metre medley relay, as the British team, which also featured Luke Greenbank, Charlie Attwood and Amelia Clynes, took silver behind Russia. [16] [17]

At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore, she won two medals. She won a silver medal, finishing second to British team mate Rosie Rudin, in the girl's 400-metre individual medley, the took the bronze medal in the 200-metre individual relay. [18]

Coates finished third in the 200-metre freestyle at the 2016 British National Championships. [3] As a result, she was selected as part of the Great Britain team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she will compete in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay with Jazmin Carlin, Ellie Faulkner and Camilla Hattersley. [3] At 17-years-old Coates is the youngest member of the Great Britain swimming team at the Games. [3] [19]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Georgia Coates Swimming". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Sobot, Lee (3 June 2016). "Baby of the pool Georgia Coates looking to make the Olympic grade". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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  5. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  8. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  10. ↑ "Swimming – Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  12. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 4x100m Medley Relay". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  18. ↑ "Junior swimmers make their mark on the World". British Swimming. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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