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Corrie Scott
Corrie Scott (born 17 August 1993) is a Scottish swimmer. She stood out as a junior swimmer, and joined the University of Edinburgh on their performance swimming programme where she studied chemistry. She has since established herself as one of Scotland's most decorated and prolific breast-stroke swimmers of all time establishing several longstanding national records, and was inducted into the University of Edinburgh's Performance Sport Hall of Fame in 2019. Swimming career Commonwealth Games The biggest successes of Corrie's swimming career came in the Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... as a member of Team Scotland. Her debut was in Delhi 2010, at the age of 17. Although she did not win any medals, she irrupted into the scene as a promising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's four ancient universities and the sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world. The university played an important role in Edinburgh becoming a chief intellectual centre during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the "Athens of the North." Edinburgh is ranked among the top universities in the United Kingdom and the world. Edinburgh is a member of several associations of research-intensive universities, including the Coimbra Group, League of European Research Universities, Russell Group, Una Europa, and Universitas 21. In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2021, it had a total income of £1.176 billion, of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
