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Swimming At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 Metre Freestyle
The Women's 1500 Freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum on 25 – 26 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary heats were swum during the morning session on 25 July with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim again in the event's final heat during the evening session on 26 July. , from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-23. 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: 15:52.10, Janet Evans (USA), swum 26 March 1988 in Orlando, Florida, Orlando, USA; *CR: 16:00.18, Hann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Ziegler
Kate Marie Ziegler (born June 27, 1988) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle and long-distance events. Ziegler has won a total of fifteen medals in major international competition, including eight golds, five silvers, and two bronzes spanning the World Aquatics and the Pan Pacific Championships. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and competed in the 800-meter freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Early years Ziegler was born in 1988 in Fairfax, Virginia, the daughter of Don and Cathy Ziegler. She was a part of a local swim team, FISH, where she was coached under Ray Benecki. She attended Forestville Elementary School in Great Falls, Virginia and Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in Arlington County, Virginia. At O'Connell, she excelled throughout her four years, earning ''Washington Post'' All-Met honors four straight years, including being named Swimmer of the Year on more than one occasion. As a freshman, she fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |