Annabelle Mary Cripps (born 16 February 1968) Olympian (1984 & 1988) / Author: Rescue Me: A Powerful Memoir By An Olympian, represented

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at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. At her 1984 Summer Games Olympic debut in

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, she placed sixth in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, followed by a 14th in the women's 800-metre freestyle and a 15th place in the 200-metre freestyle. four years later at the

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in Seoul, South Korea. She represented

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and won two silver medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in

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, in the 4x100 metres and the 4x200 metres freestyle relay. She is 14 times All-American honors swimmer at the

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participated on three consecutive NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

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. In 2006, Annabelle Cripps changed her name t
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in sport. Published in the

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Katherine Starr is the author of the book published in 2022
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for the book Katherine is currently an Expert Witness for Athlete Sexual Abuse. Through her expertise, she has opined on over twenty cases with record-breaking settlements.

Swimming career

Cripps represented Great Britain at the

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and

Summer Olympic Games. She represented

and won two silver medals in the 4 x 100 metres and 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in

References

British Olympic Association athlete profile
* 1968 births Living people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England English female swimmers Female butterfly swimmers English female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Texas Longhorns women's swimmers Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming {{UK-swimming-bio-stub