Annabelle Carey
Personal information | |
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Full name | Annabelle Jane Carey |
National team | Breaststroke |
Club | Wharenui Swim Club |
Coach | Alistair Johnson |
Annabelle Jane Carey (born 11 March 1989) was a New Zealand swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
Carey qualified for two events as New Zealand's youngest swimmer (aged 15) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:12.57 (100 m breaststroke) at the Olympic trials in Auckland.[4][5] In the 100 m breaststroke, she challenged seven other swimmers in the third heat, including fellow 15-year-old Lee Ji-young of South Korea. She rounded out the field to last place and thirty-fifth overall by 0.28 of second, behind Lee in 1:13.21.[6][7] She also teamed up with Hannah McLean, Elizabeth Coster, and Alison Fitch in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Swimming the breaststroke leg in heat one, Carey recorded a time of 1:11.98, but the New Zealand team settled for sixth place and thirteenth overall in a final time of 4:10.37.[8][9]
Carey also sought her second Olympic bid to compete for the New Zealand team in
References
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- ^ "Carey breaks own record". TVNZ. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- Melbourne 2006. BBC Sport. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- Stuff.co.nz. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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