Archive for the Swimming Category
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Federica Pellegrini (born 5 August 1988) is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women’s 200 m freestyle (long course and short course) and 400 m (long course) freestyle world record holder. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Pellegrini became the first woman ever to [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Stephanie Louise Rice OAM (born 17 June 1988 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane. She was [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Beatriz and Branca Feres are identical twins who were born on February 22, 1988 in Brazil. They are 20-years-old. That makes them legal, boys. Beatriz is called Bia for short. They are synchronized swimmers and synchronized spooners.
The Feres sisters represented Brazil in the 2007 Pan American games in synchronized swimming. They have been featured on [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California), is an American Olympic-level swimmer and model. Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals, the most recent in the 2004 games. She held the world number one ranking [...]