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7 unusual facts about Medley swimming


Caroline Bruce

Since the Olympics, McAndrew has been a member of the Stanford University women's swim team, specializing in the breaststroke and individual medley events.

Hanna Eriksson

Hanna Eriksson (born February 1, 1984) is a breaststroke and medley swimmer from Sweden.

Kate Haywood

She was the youngest swimmer to represent England in the Commonwealth Games when she qualified for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay.

Mireia Belmonte

Mireia Belmonte García (born November 10, 1990) is a Spanish medley, freestyle and butterfly swimmer.

Petra Banović

Petra Banović (born November 10, 1979 in Zagreb) is a freestyle and medley swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000.

Saša Imprić

Saša Imprić (born January 9, 1986 in Zagreb) is a medley swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Stina Gardell

Stina Gardell is a female Olympic medley swimmer from Sweden.


1958 Asian Games

The Japanese 4×100 metres medley relay team of Keiji Hase (backstroke), Masaru Furukawa (breaststroke), Manabu Koga (freestyle) and Takashi Ishimoto (butterfly) won the gold medal with a time of 4:17.2 and broke the world record.

Frederik Hviid

Frederik Carlo Hviid Köhler (born 9 November 1974 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria) is a former long-distance freestyle and medley swimmer from Spain, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996.

Joaquín Fernández

Joaquín Fernández Corredor (born January 22, 1971 in Mataró, Catalonia) is a former medley and breaststroke swimmer from Spain.

Patrick Kühl

Patrick Kühl (born March 26, 1968 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley for the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Theresa Goh

She competed at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Swimming Championships in South Africa in December 2006, winning a gold medal in the 200 metres individual medley and being pipped to first place in the 100 metres breaststroke by Israel's Inbal Pezaro by just 0.04 seconds.


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