Stephanie Proud

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Stephanie Proud
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Proud at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameStephanie Mary Proud
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 36)
Durham, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
College team University of Florida (US)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Belgrade 200 m backstroke

Stephanie Mary Proud (born 29 August 1988) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics, and England in the Commonwealth Games. [1]

As a member of the British team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Proud competed in the women's 200-metre backstroke event. She advanced to the 200-metre event semifinals, and came ninth overall, with a time of 2:09.04. [2]

Personal bests and records held [3]

EventLong course [4] Short course [4]
100 m backstroke1:01.25, Delhi, 201059.38, Istanbul, 2009
200 m backstroke2:08.91, Belgrade, 20092:05.52, Istanbul, 2009
200 m individual medley2:18.10, Belgrade, 20092:13.82, Istanbul, 2009
400 m individual medley4:41.21, Sunderland, 20104:35.55, Vienna, 2004

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References

  1. Stephanie Proud - Team GB
  2. "Stephanie Proud Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. "Swimrankings - PROUD, Stephanie". www.swimrankings.net. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 Stephanie Proud @ swimming.org