Swimming At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 Metre Freestyle
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Swimming At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 Metre Freestyle
The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. These Games marked the first time to feature women swimming in the pool longer than 800 metres. The medals for the competition were presented by  David Haggerty, United States; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by  Dale Neuburger, United States; FINA Treasurer. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Qualification The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 16:32.04. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 17:01.80. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female s ...
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Tokyo Aquatics Centre
The is an indoor swimming pool in the Mori- Beach Park () in Tatsumi in the Kōtō ward in eastern Tokyo. Construction began in April 2017 and was completed in 2020. The total construction cost was 56.7 billion yen, ¥ (471 million Euro, €). The opening, scheduled for 22 March 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and took place on 23 July 2020 without an audience. The swimming hall was built for the 2020 Summer Olympics and can accommodate up to 12,000 spectators. The arena will also be used for swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The swimming arena has two swimming pools and a pool for water diving. The roof was built on the ground and raised step by step to a height of 37 metres. It is 160 metres long, 130 metres wide and 10 metres thick. The roof weighs 7,000 tonnes. In the future, the Aquatics Centre will host hundreds of national, international and junior competitions every year. Furthermore, the citizens of Tokyo will also be able to use ...
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List Of Asian Records In Swimming
The Asian records are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing a member federation of the Asia Swimming Federation (AASF), Asia's governing body of swimming. Long course (50 m) Men Women Mixed relay Short course (25 m) Men Women Mixed relay References External linksAASF official web siteAASF Asian Swimming Records page
''18 December 2022 updated'' {{Records in swimming Swimming records, Asian Swimming in Asia, Records Asia-related lists, Swimming records Asian records, Swimming ...
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Julia Hassler
Julia Hassler (born 27 February 1993) is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Liechtenstein. She swam for and was Liechtenstein closing-ceremony flagbearer at the 2012 Olympics. She has also swam for Liechtenstein at several other international competitions including the: World Championships (2011), Games of the Small States of Europe (2009, 2011, 2013), European Championships (2014), Short Course Worlds (2010, 2012) and Youth Olympics (2010). As of March 2015, she holds Liechtenstein Records, both long course (50m) and short course (25m), in the: 200, 400 and 800 frees; 50, 100 and 200 flies; and 400 IM. She also holds the national record in the long course 1500 free. At the 2012 Olympics, she was one of three athletes to compete for Liechtenstein. She swam the 400 and 800 freestyles, setting national records in both (4:12.99 and 8:35.18)., finishing 27th in the 400 and 17th in the 800. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 800 m freestyle event. S ...
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Mireia Belmonte
] Mireia Belmonte García (born 10 November 1990) is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion Swimming (sport), swimmer. She is the world record holder in the short course 200-metre butterfly and 400-metre individual medley. Formerly, she held the world record in the short course 400-metre freestyle, 800-metre freestyle, and 1500-metre freestyle. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she became Olympic champion in the 200-metre butterfly, and also won the bronze medal in the 400-metre individual medley. She previously competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where she debuted at 17 years old, and at 2012 London, where she won two silver medals, one in the 200-metre butterfly with a time of 2:05.25 and one in the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 8:18.76. Early years Mireia's parents, José Belmo ...
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Kristel Köbrich
Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl (born August 9, 1985 in Santiago, Chile) is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flag bearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games, 2012 Games and 2016 Games. She is the current holder of the South American records in the women's 800 m and 1500 m freestyle (long and short course). She also has the Chilean Records in the 200, 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles (2:04.81, 4:11.83, 8:21.66, and 15:57.57), and the 400 IM (4:58.68). She represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References 1985 births Living people Chilean female long-distance swimmers Chilean female medley swimmers Chilean female freestyle swimmers Sw ...
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Martina Caramignoli
Martina (Rita) Caramignoli (born 25 May 1991) is an Italian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 800 m freestyle and 1500 m freestyle. She won a bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships. Martina Caramignoli is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, contested in Rome in August, Caramignoli won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle, finishing in a time of 16:12.39, which was less than 20 seconds behind gold medalist and fellow Italian Simona Quadarella.LEN (15 August 2022)"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 1500m Freestyle Women Final" ''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.OA Sport (15 August 2022)"Europei Nuoto, Simona Quadarella regina, Martina Caramignoli a-: doppietta stratosferica nei 1500 sl a Roma"(in Italian). ''Eurosport''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Education She currently studies Agriculture at the University of Pisa The University ...
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Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas (born 26 November 2003) is a Hungarian swimmer. She won a shared silver medal in the women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary. She also competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ... event. References External links * 2003 births Living people Hungarian female swimmers Hungarian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Budapest Hungarian female medley swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary 21st-century Hungarian women {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub ...
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Merve Tuncel
Merve Tuncel (born 1 January 2005) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in the freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800m and 1500m freestyle events of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is a member of Enka SK. Early years Merve Tuncel was born to Sulhi and Adalet Tuncel in Ankara, Turkey on 1 January 2005. She is a student at Nermin Mehmet Çekiç Anatolian High School in Yenimahalle, Ankara. She liked to play with water in her very early youth years. She started swimming at Age 4 At age ten, she started to swim at the Turkey Olympic Preparation Center in Eryaman, Etimesgut, Eryaman, Ankara under the Head Coach Gjon Shyti. From 2019 she swims for Enka SK Enkaspor ( tr, Enka Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established in 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey by the Turkish construction conglomerate Enka Construction Co. Enkaspor's main activities are in athletics, water polo, tennis and swimming with 3 ..., but her coach is still Gjon Shyti and she continues training in Ankara. Swimmi ...
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Li Bingjie
Li Bingjie (, born 3 March 2002) is a Chinese swimmer. She is the world record holder in the short course 400 metre freestyle. She is also the Asian record holder in the long course 400 metre freestyle as well as the short course 1500 metre freestyle. She is the 2021 World Short Course champion in the 400 metre freestyle and 800 metre freestyle. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle. Career At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, in Hawaii, United States, Bingjie won gold medals in the 200 metre freestyle with a 1:58.23, 400 metre freestyle with a 4:07.52, and the 800 metre freestyle with a 8:28.12.Hy-Tek (27 August 2016)"Meet Results: 2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships" ''swmeets.com''. Retrieved 11 November 2022. Bingjie competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, winning two silver medals and a bronze. In 2018, she competed in the World Short Co ...
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Ajna Késely
Ajna Evelin Késely (born 10 September 2001) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle. Career In 2014, she competed in all three individual backstroke events at the short course world championships in Doha, Qatar. At the 2016 European Aquatics Championships in London, she finished 6th in the 200 meter freestyle. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay for swimming in the heats. At the 2016 European Junior Championships in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, she won three individual gold medals, in the 200, 400, and 800 meter freestyle events. She broke two championships records and also won two medals in relay events. At the 2017 European Junior Championships in Netanya, Israel, she won six gold medals, including four in individual freestyle events. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle. She finished 25th and 21st, respectively. With the 4*200m freestyle relay she finished 6 ...
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Kiah Melverton (born 5 November 1996) is an Australian swimmer. 2015 season She won double bronze at the 2015 Summer Universiade in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. 2016 season At the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships, Melverton won bronze in the 400 metre freestyle. In November 2016, Melverton competed in the 2016 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships which acted as selection trials for the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. At these championships, she earned silver in the 400 metre freestyle and gold in the 800 metre freestyle, earning a national championship and her Australian senior team debut. Competing at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Melverton won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle. In earning the bronze, she swam a personal best time of 8:16.51. Open water swimming Melverton is also an accomplished open water swimmer. In October 2016, she competed in the Burleigh Ocean Swim, taking out t ...
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Maddy Gough
Madeleine Gough (born 8 June 1999) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She began her junior swimming as a 7 year old swimming for Sawtell Swimming Club before moving to TSS Aquatic when she was 16. She then moved to Carlisle Swimming Club in 2023. She competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.
held in Gwangju, South Korea. She finished in fifth place in the final. In 2020 she set the Australian short course record for the women's 1500 metre freestyle at the McDonalds Championship and then in 2021 she broke the long ...
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