Frances Sarah Adcock (born 9 August 1984) is a British-born Australian former competition swimmer who specialized in backstroke events.
Adcock was born in
Nottingham, England. She moved to
Adelaide, South Australia
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in her teenage years, where she worked as a resident athlete and a varsity player for the Western Sharks and Norwood Swimming Club.
Adcock is a three-time short-course Australian champion in the 200m backstroke breaking the Australian record for the event at the 2008 World SC Championship trials. Adcock qualified for the
women's 200-metre backstroke at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in Athens, by attaining both her personal record and an A-standard entry time of 2:13.48 from the Telstra Olympic Swimming Trials in Sydney. In the morning's preliminary heats, Adcock secured a fifteenth overall spot for the next round, with a time of 2:14.85. On the evening session, however, Adcock fell short in her bid for the final, as she finished the semifinal run, with the slowest time of 2:15.69, more than two seconds behind her teammate
Melissa Morgan.
Adcock retired from swimming to pursue her career as a sports and news journalist for
ABC Wide Bay
ABC Wide Bay is an ABC Local Radio station based in Bundaberg broadcasting to the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland. This includes the towns of Maryborough, Gympie, Hervey Bay and Mundubbera.
History
The station began broadcasting as 4Q ...
in Queensland.
Adcock contributes to national ABC programs 'The World Today' and 'AM'.
She has two degrees in Journalism and International Studies.
References
External links
Profile – Australian Olympic Team*
1984 births
Living people
British emigrants to Australia
Australian female backstroke swimmers
Naturalised citizens of Australia
Olympic swimmers for Australia
Sportspeople from Nottingham
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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