Georgina Anne Lee (born 14 August 1981) is a female English former competitive swimmer.

Swimming career

Lee represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships, and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. Lee won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the

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. She was also a bronze medallist at the

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in 2001. Lee represented Great Britain at both the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in Sydney and the

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in Athens. In Sydney she reached the semifinal in the 200-metre butterfly, breaking the British Record and finishing in 10th place. In Athens she reached the semifinal in the 200-metre butterfly, again finishing in 10th place, and she reached the final in both the 4×100-metre medley relay and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. She also competed in the 100-metre butterfly but did not progress beyond the heats. Lee set 14 British records between 2000 and 2004, and at the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres butterfly title in 2001, 2002 and 2004 and the 200 metres butterfly title in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. Attending

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in Dallas, Texas, between 2001 and 2004, Lee won two titles at the U.S. National Championships in 2003. She was also champion and runner-up at the

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national collegiate championships, and she was awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship upon graduation.

Personal life

Lee was born the youngest of 6 children and was educated at

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in Birmingham. In 1999 her father, Malcolm Lee, died from a heart attack. In 2003 her brother, Adrian Lee, died in a suspected suicide from an overdose of prescribed pills for depression. Lee did not talk publicly about her brother's death until a year later, when she gave an interview in April 2004 to Craig Lord of ''The Times''.The Times, 6 April 2004
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References

External links

Camp Hill Edwardians Swimming Club
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