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Liesel Jones
Leisel Marie Jones, OAM (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medallist for 100-metre breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 17 March 2012, Jones earned selection to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and became the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympic games. There, she won her ninth Olympic medal, a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay. Jones is noted for employing a classic breaststroke technique, typified by a slow but deeper stroke cycle and also by her slow starts. Along with South African champion Penny Heyns, she is regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers ever. Personal While at Southern Cross Catholic College, Jones us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaststroke
Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be swum comfortably at slow speeds. In most swimming classes, beginners learn either the breaststroke or the freestyle (front crawl) first. However, at the competitive level, swimming breaststroke at speed requires endurance and strength comparable to other strokes. Some people refer to breaststroke as the "frog" stroke, as the arms and legs move somewhat like a frog swimming in the water. The stroke itself is the slowest of any competitive strokes and is thought to be the oldest of all swimming strokes. Speed and ergonomics Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming. The fastest breaststrokers can swim about 1.70 meters (~5.6 feet) per second. It is sometimes the hardest to teach to rising swimmers aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metre Breaststroke
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 18 and 19. U.S. swimmer and world-record holder Amanda Beard completed a full set of medals in the event, adding a gold to her silver from Atlanta (1996) and bronze from Sydney (2000). She posted an Olympic record of 2:23.37, holding off Australia's Leisel Jones by 0.23 of a second for a silver medal in 2:23.60. Anne Poleska, who had been seventh at the halfway mark, moved quickly into the field and finished strongly with a bronze in a personal best of 2:25.82, earning Germany's first individual medal of the meet since its reunification in 1990. Hungary's Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács (born 13 July 1981) is a Hungarian swimmer who competed at the Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996, Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 and Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Olympics. In Swimming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 Metre Breaststroke
The Women's 200m Breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 30 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 55 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 54 swam. Existing records at the start of the event were: * World Record (WR): 2:20.54, Leisel Jones (Australia), 1 February 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. * Championship Record (CR): 2:21.72, Leisel Jones (Australia), Montreal 2005 (29 July 2005) Results Finals Semifinals Preliminaries See also * Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke * Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games - Women's 200 metres breaststroke *Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 13–15 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni pulled away ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The Women's 100m Breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 26 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 27 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 72 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 70 swam. Existing records at the start of the event were: * World Record (WR): 1:05.09, Leisel Jones (Australia), 20 March 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. * Championship Record (CR): 1:06.20, Jessica Hardy (USA), Montreal 2005 (25 July 2005) Results Finals Semifinals Preliminaries See also * Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 m breaststroke * Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games - Women's 100 metres breaststroke *Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10–12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. After winning a silver medal in Sydney and a bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships
The swimming competition at the 12th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 March to 1 April 2007. This portion of the 2007 Worlds featured 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females), all swum in a long course (50 m) pool: * freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m; *backstroke: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m; * breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m; *butterfly: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m; *individual medley (I.M.): 200 m and 400 m; and * relays: 4x100 m free, 4x200 m free, and 4x100 m medley. The 2007 World Championships served in qualifying for the Swimming portion at the 2008 Olympics in two ways: # It was the main relay qualifier, with the top-12 finishers in each relay automatically qualifying for the 16-entry field at the 2008 Olympics (the other 4 teams were filled with the 4 fastest remaining nations). # Those nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The Women's 4x100 Medley Relay event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 30 July 2005 in Montreal, Montreal, Canada. from the 2005 FINA World Championships. Published by Omega Timing on 2012-07-31; retrieved 2012-05-11. At the start of the event, the existing List of World records in swimming, World (WR) and List of World Championships records in swimming, Championships (CR) records were: *WR: 3:57.32 swum by Australia on 21 August 2004 in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece *CR: 3:59.89 swum by China on 26 July 2003 in Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, Barcelona, Spain Results Final Preliminaries ...
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Swimming At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 Metre Breaststroke
The women's 200 breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 28–29 July 2005 in Montreal, Montreal, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinal heats swam on 28 July, with the Prelims during the morning session and the Semifinals during the evening session. The Final Worlds 2005 resultsWomen's 200m Breaststroke Final results from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); retrieved 2010-02-05. swam in the evening session on 29 July. At the start of the event, the existing List of World records in swimming, World (WR) and List of World Championships records in swimming, Championships (CR) records were: *WR: 2:22.44, Amanda Beard (USA) swum 12 July 2004 in Long Beach, California, Long Beach, USA *CR: 2:22.99, Amanda Beard (USA) swum 25 July 2003 in Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, Barcelona, Spain Results Preliminaries Semifinals Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships - Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The Women's 100 Breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 25+26 July 2005 in Montreal, Montreal, Canada. Preliminary and semifinal heats were swum on 25 July, with the prelims in the morning session and the semis in the evening. The final went the next evening. , from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); retrieved 2010-02-06. At the start of the event, the existing List of World records in swimming, world (WR) and List of World Championships records in swimming, championship (CR) records were: *WR: 1:06.37, Leisel Jones (Australia) swum 21 July 2003 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain *CR: 1:06.37, Leisel Jones (Australia) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships
The Swimming competition at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships consisted of 40 long course events, swum July 24–31, 2005 at pools in Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.2005 FINA World Championships: Swimming page, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds). Retrieved 2009-08-16. Swimming's 40 events were split evenly between males and females (20 each) and were: Published by , last updated in 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-01. * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley 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 Swimming at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics. Swimming involves repeated motions known as swimming stroke, strokes in order to propel the body forward. While the front crawl, also known as Freestyle swimming, freestyle, is widely regarded as the fastest out of four primary strokes, oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2001 World Aquatics Championships
The swimming events of the 2001 World Aquatics Championships were held in a temporary pool at Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan in July 2001. This edition of the championships featured 20 events for both men and women, including the introduction of a 50 m event in all strokes and equality in the distance freestyle events, with both men and women swimming both 800 and 1500 m. The swimming event resulted in eight world records and Australia topping the medal tally with 13 golds, although the USA claimed 26 total medals to 19 for Australia. The men's FINA Trophy (top individual performers) was awarded to Australia's Ian Thorpe for his three individual wins and three world records. Inge de Bruijn (the Netherlands) won the women's FINA Trophy for three individual wins. Australia swept the men's relays and won two of three of the women's relays, although were subsequently disqualified in the women's 4×200 m freestyle for a post-race infraction – jumping into the pool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16. Chinese swimmer and triple world champion Luo Xuejuan won the gold medal in this event, with an Olympic record time of 1:06.64, missing the world record by 0.27 of a second. Australia's Brooke Hanson took home the silver at 1:07.15, while her teammate and world record holder Leisel Jones, who won silver as a 15-year-old in Sydney (2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...), finished behind Hanson for a bronze medal by a hundredth of a second (0.01), with a time of 1:07.16. In 2007, Luo announced her official retirement from swimming, because of heart ailments that had plagued her a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
