Rebecca Jane Linton (born 26 September 1985) is a New Zealand former swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle events. She held New Zealand records in the 400 and 800 m freestyle, until they were all broken by

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in 2012. Linton is also a member of Howick Pakuranga Swim Club in

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. Linton qualified for three swimming events at the

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, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 4:19.03 (400 m freestyle) and 8:52.08 (800 m freestyle) from the New Zealand Championships. On the second day of the Games, Linton placed thirty-first overall in the

400 m freestyle 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

. Swimming in heat two, she edged out South Korea's

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to take a sixth seed by 0.07 of a second in 4:21.58. She also teamed up with

Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk (born 27 August 1981 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She has com ...

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, and Nathalie Bernard in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. She swam a third leg in heat two with a split of 2:05.17, but the New Zealand settled for seventh place and thirteenth overall, in a final time of 8:14.76. In her third and final event,

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, Linton picked up a seventh seed in heat three, but was unable to break a 9-minute barrier with a time of 9:02.41. Linton failed to reach the top 8 final, as she placed twenty-fourth overall from the morning's preliminaries. Shortly after the Olympics, Linton retired from swimming to focus on her studies at the

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. In 2008, she graduated with the bachelor's degree of psychology and management, before joining the New Zealand Police.

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