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Amanda Weir
Amanda Jo Weir (born March 11, 1986) is an American competition swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder. She was a member of the 2004 and 2012 United States Olympic teams, winning two silver medals at the 2004 Games and a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Career Born in Davenport, Iowa, Weir started swimming while the family lived in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Weir holds many of the sprint freestyle age-group records for USA Swimming, setting her first record at age 12 in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.17 seconds. She attended Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, and led the Brookwood swim team to four consecutive Georgia Class 5A state championships. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Weir swam the third leg for the U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Leading after her leg of the relay, t ...
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Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a combined statistical area population of 474,019, ranking as the 147th-largest MSA and 91st-largest CSA in the nation. According to the 2020 census, the city had a population of 101,724, making it Iowa's third-largest city. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836, by Antoine Le Claire and was named for his friend George Davenport, a former English sailor who served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, served as a supplier Fort Armstrong, worked as a fur trader with the American Fur Company, and was appointed a quartermaster with the rank of colonel during the Black Hawk War. The city is prone to frequent flooding due to its location on the Mississippi River. There are two main universities: St. Ambrose University and Palmer College of ...
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Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 2100 Metre Freestyle Relay
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response. Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming is featured in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics. Swimming involves repeated motions known as strokes in order to propel the body forward. While the front crawl, also known as freestyle, is widely regarded as the fastest out of four primary strokes, other strokes are practiced for special purposes, such as for training. ...
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2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
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2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
The 7th FINA Short Course World Championships were held at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States from October 7 through October 11, 2004. Results Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Medley Medal table ReferencesFINA Official Website* Swim RankingResults {{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Fina World Swimming Championships (25 M) FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) FINA World Swimming Ch S S S FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) or "Short Course Worlds" as they are sometimes known, is an international swimming competition. It is swum in a short course (25m) pool, and has been held in the years when FINA has not held its long co ... Sports competitions in Indianapolis 2000s in Indianapolis Swimming competitions in Indiana ...
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2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 December 2016. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held at 10:34. Final The final was held at 20:29. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay ...
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2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 December 2016. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Heats The heats were held at 13:26. Final The final was held at 20:12. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay ...
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2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
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Swimming At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The Women's 4×100 Freestyle Relay event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 24 July 2005 in Montreal Canada.Worlds 2005 resultsWomen's 4x100m Free Relay Final Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2005-07-24; retrieved 2011-08-09. At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were: *WR: 3:35.94 swum by Australia on 14 August 2004 in Athens, Greece *CR: 3:37.91 swum by China on 7 September 1994 in Rome, Italy , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (Romulus and Remus, legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg ... Results Final Preliminaries References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships 2005 in women's swimming ...
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Swimming At The 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and final took place July 24. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats 14 teams participated in 2 heats, qualified teams are listed: Final The final was held at 19:10. References External linksWorld Aquatics Championships: Women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay entry list from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23. {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Freestyle 4x100 relay, women's World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events ... 2011 in women's swimming
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Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. 29 teams were entered in the event; all swam. The existing records when the event started were: * World Record (WR): 3:56.30, Australia (Edington, Jones, Schipper, Lenton), 21 March 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. * Championship Record (CR): 3:57.47, Australia (Edington, Jones Jones may refer to: People *Jones (surname), a common Welsh and English surname *List of people with surname Jones * Jones (singer), a British singer-songwriter Arts and entertainment * Jones (''Animal Farm''), a human character in George Orwell ..., Schipper, Lenton), Montreal 2005 (Jul.30.2005) Results Finals Preliminaries See also * Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay * Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympic ...
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Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March 2007 (prelims and final) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. The existing records when the event started were: * World Record (WR): 3:35.22, Germany ( Dallmann, Goetz, Steffen, Liebs), 31 July 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. * Championship Record (CR): 3:37.32, Australia (Henry, Mills, Reese Reese may refer to: Places Germany * Reese, Germany, a hamlet in Lower Saxony on the River Aue United States * Reese, Michigan, United States, a community east of Saginaw * Reese, Pennsylvania, United States, a community in Blair County * Reese, T ..., Lenton), Barcelona 2005 (Jul.24.2005) Results Final Prelims Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4 by 100 metre freestyle relay Swimming at the 2007 Wo ...
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