Heather Claire Roffey (born September 30, 1986) is a Caymanian former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle and butterfly events. She became one of the first swimmers, and the first female, in history to represent the

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in swimming at the Summer Olympics at the

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in Athens, along with Shaune Fraser and

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. At her first Olympics, Roffey qualified for two swimming events with three days in between. She posted FINA B-standard entry times of 9:01.41 (800 m freestyle) and 2:17.70 (200 m butterfly) from the Ultra Swim Meet in Charlotte, North Carolina. In the 200 m butterfly, Roffey challenged seven other swimmers on the first heat, including 15-year-old

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of Russia. She cleared a 2:20 barrier to clinch a fifth spot and thirtieth overall in 2:19.34, just nearly two seconds off her entry time. In her second event,

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, Kwon placed twenty-fifth overall on the morning's preliminaries. Swimming again in heat one, she raced to fourth place by a 3.07-second margin behind winner Golda Marcus of

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with a time of 9:02.88. Roffey is also a member of Bolles School Swim Club in Jacksonville, Florida, and a varsity swimmer for the South Carolina Gamecocks, under her respective coaches Jeff Poppell and Donald Gibb. In 2007, she graduated from the University of South Carolina in

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, with a bachelor's degree in accounting.

References

External links

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Player Bio – South Carolina Gamecocks

Cayman Islands Olympic Profile: Heather Roffey
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roffey, Heather 1986 births Living people Caymanian female swimmers Pan American Games competitors for the Cayman Islands Olympic swimmers for the Cayman Islands Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Caymanian female freestyle swimmers Female butterfly swimmers South Carolina Gamecocks women's swimmers University of South Carolina alumni Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Cayman Islands Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games