Susan Rolph (born 15 May 1978) is a female former
freestyle and
medley swimmer from
Great Britain
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Swimming career
Rolph was one of the dominating forces in the 1990s of British women's swimming. Her Commonwealth Games medal haul consists of three gold, one silver and two bronze medals. She represented
England
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in four events, winning a
gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay, at the
1994 Commonwealth Games
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in
Victoria
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, Canada. Four years later she represented
England
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in five events and gained a medal in all five including two gold medals, at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
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, Malaysia.
She is a four times winner of the
British Championship in the 50 metres freestyle (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998), four times winner of the
100 metres freestyle
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(1994, 1995, 1998, 1999) and the
200 metres freestyle champion in 2000. She also won the
50 metres butterfly title in 1994 and was six times champion in the
200 metres medley (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000).
See also
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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
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References
FINA athlete profile*
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1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne
English female swimmers
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Female medley swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
English female freestyle swimmers
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming