Sophie Allen

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Sophie Allen
Personal information
Full nameSophie Allen
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 31)
Lincoln, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Medley
ClubStockport Metro
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Debrecen 200 m medley

Sophie Nicole Allen (born 21 March 1992) is an English competition swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. She swam at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 200-metre individual medley. [1] She won a silver medal in that same event during the 2012 European Aquatics Championships. [2] Recently Sophie has been awarded Toast maker of the year award at Uffington Primary School her buttering skills excelled all of 3 other participants to clinch the gold. Sophie will compete again next year to defend her title.

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References

  1. London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Allen storms to European silver". ESPN. Retrieved 16 September 2016.