Alexandra Bennett (married name Alexandra Kelham; born 1977) is a female English former competitive swimmer.

Swimming career

Bennett represented

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in seven events at the

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, Canada, which included three medals; a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with Claire Huddart,

Karen Pickering Karen Denise Pickering, MBE (born 19 December 1971) is a former freestyle swimmer from Great Britain. Swimming career She made her international senior debut in 1986. She was first selected to represent her country at the European Junior Cham ...

and Sue Rolph, and two silver medals in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay. She missed out on the chance to compete at the 1996 Olympic Games after a serious car accident, in which she broke both of her legs.

Personal life

She is a lawyer by trade.

References

Female butterfly swimmers English female freestyle swimmers Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games 1977 births Living people 20th-century English women 21st-century English women Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub