Ellinora Jillian Overton (born 13 June 1974) is an Australian former swimmer. She competed in the

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and

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at three consecutive

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for Australia, starting in

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Olympic career

After narrowly missing a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in the 200-metre individual medley, Overton went on to a 5th-place finish at the

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in Barcelona, Spain. She won the bronze medal in the 200-metre individual medley at the inaugural

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in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, followed by the gold medal two years later at the

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in Rio de Janeiro. After winning a bronze medal at the 1994 World Championships, she moved from Sydney to Brisbane to train with Susan O'Neill and

Samantha Riley Samantha Linette Pearl Riley (born 13 November 1972) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of Aboriginal descent who competed for Australia in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning three medals. ...

under coach

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. Overton again finished 5th at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, after which she moved to Berkeley, California to train, compete and study at the

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. Overton retired from swimming after graduating with high honors from the

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and finishing 11th at the

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in Sydney.

Personal life

She attended

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in Sydney, where she still holds many swimming carnival records. When living in Sydney, Overton trained with former Olympian

Gary Winram Gary Francis Winram (5 August 1936 – 29 May 2022) was an Australian competitive swimmer who specialised primarily in middle- and long-distance freestyle events. As a 20-year-old, he competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbo ...

References

Australian Olympic Committee

1974 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Australia Australian female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Vancouver Australian people of Canadian descent Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Australia Universiade bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade 20th-century Australian women Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

Olympic career

Personal life

See also

References