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Nina Dittrich
Nina Dittrich (born 20 November 1990 in Vienna) is an Austrian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. She is a multiple-time Austrian champion, a five-time national record holder, and also, a current member of Simmering Swimming Club (german: Schwimmverein Schwechat Simmering, link=no) in Schwechat. Dittrich is also the daughter of Ulrike Bauer, an Austrian record holder in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke, and Kurt Dittrich, a sprint butterfly swimmer who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Swimming career At age sixteen, Dittrich made her international debut at the 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, where she captured two medals, silver and bronze, in the women's butterfly and individual medley (both 200 m), posting her time of 2:12.84 and 2:17.86, respectively. In the same year, she won another bronze medal in the same discipline at the FINA Youth World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (50 yards) and reaching 1500 meters (1650 yards), also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The first Olympics held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympics, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the individual medley or medley relay events. The front crawl is most commonly chosen by swimmers, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katheryn Meaklim
Katheryn Meaklim (born 20 July 1989 in Johannesburg) is a South African swimmer who mainly competes in the Women's 200 and 400 m individual medley. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she competed in the 200 m butterfly, the 400 m individual medley and the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... she finished 16th overall in the heats in the Women's 400 metre individual medley and failed to reach the final, and had the same result in the 200 m individual medley. Meaklim is the daughter of Zimbabwean athlete Mariette Van Heerden.Russouw, Johann"History of the Olympics"''The Medalist''. October 2012: p.9 Retrieved 4 December, 2017. References South African female swimmers 1989 births Living people Swimmers from Johan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London 2012
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 2012 Olympics. Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then-London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto
Patricia Midori Castañeda Miyamoto (born March 16, 1990, in Mexico City) is a Mexican swimmer of Japanese descent. She is also known as ''Patricia Castañeda''. At the 2007 Pan American Games, she garnered 2 silver medals by finishing second in the 400m and 800m freestyle. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 800 m freestyle, finishing in 27th place. See also * List of Mexican records in swimming The Mexican Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer from Mexico. These records are kept/maintained by Mexico's national swimming federation: ''la Federación Mexicana de Natación'' (FMN). FMN recognizes records in both lo ... References External links 1990 births Mexican female swimmers Swimmers from Mexico City Mexican people of Japanese descent Living people Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic swimmers for Mexico Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynette Lim
Lynette Lim Shu En (Lim Shu-En, zh, 林淑恩 , born 25 April 1992) is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Singapore. She swam for Singapore at the 2012 and 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2009 and 2007 World Championships, and the 2007 South East Asian Games. As of 2009, she holds the Singaporean Records in the women's 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyles, and 4 × 100 m, 4 × 200 m freestyle relays. Early years Lim attended Palm Springs High School in Palm Springs, California. She was in the class of 2010. She swam for the Piranha Swim Team in Palm Springs and the high school swim team for Palm Springs. Lim attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 2014 with a degree in kinesiology Kinesiology () is the scientific study of human body movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, anatomical, biomechanical, pathological, neuropsychological principles and mechanisms of movement. Applications of kinesiology to human health ..., and was on the USC swimming and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoo Cai Lin
Khoo Cai Lin (born 25 December 1988) is a Malaysian swimmer. She swam for Malaysia at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 400 and 800 m freestyle. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., she competed in the Women's 800 metre freestyle, finishing in 30th place overall. She was awarded the Malaysian Olympian of the Year in 2007 by the Olympic Council of Malaysia. References 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Selangor Olympic swimmers for Malaysia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Malaysian female freestyle swimmers Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. from the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2013-06-05. FINA also oversees " Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. History FINA was founded on 19 July 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations. Number of nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 Metre Freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 2–3 August at the London Aquatics Centre based at the Olympic park London. Aged only 15, American Katie Ledecky narrowly missed the world record on the final lap to recapture the Olympic title for the Americans since Brooke Bennett topped the podium in 2000. Strengthening her lead almost the entire race, she headed into the 750-metre turn under world-record pace, and pulled off a stunning upset from the rest of the field to post a personal best and smash Janet Evans' 23-year-old U.S. record in 8:14.63. Spain's Mireia Belmonte García added a second silver to her Olympic hardware in a national record of 8:18.76. Meanwhile, Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington, the reigning Olympic champion, tried to hold on with Ledecky earlier through the race, but faded down the stretch to pick up a bronze in 8:20.32. New Zealand's Lauren Boyle produced a spectacular swim to finish with a fourth-place time and an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 2012 Olympics. Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then- London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 European Aquatics Championships
The 2010 European Aquatics Championships were held from 4–15 August 2010 in Budapest and Balatonfüred, Hungary. It was the fourth time that the city of Budapest hosts this event after 1926, 1958 and 2006. Events in swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (synchro) and open water swimming were scheduled. The 2010 European Water Polo Championships was held separately, from 29 August – 11 September in Zagreb, Croatia. Schedule Competition dates by discipline were: * Swimming: 9–15 August * Diving: 10–15 August (exhibition competition on 9 August) * Synchro: 4–8 August * Open Water: 4–8 August (in Lake Balaton, based out of Balatonfüred) Medal table Swimming Medal table Results Men's events Women's events Diving Medal table Results Men's events Women's events Team events This event was a test event and will not count towards the medal tables. Synchronised swimming Medal table Results Open water swimming Meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
