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Dana Vollmer
Dana Whitney Vollmer (born November 13, 1987) is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay that set the world record in the event. Eight years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Vollmer set the world record on her way to the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly, and also won golds in the 4×100-meter medley relay and 4×200-meter freestyle relay. She won three medals including a gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Vollmer won a total of thirty two medals in major international competitions, including nineteen gold medals, eight silver, and five bronze, spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, the Pan American Games, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Goodwill Games, making her one of the most decorated female Olympian in swimming discipline. Early years Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, Yonkers, and Rochester. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 148,620 and its metropolitan area had a population of 662,057. It is the economic and educational hub of Central New York, a region with over one million inhabitants. Syracuse is also well-provided with convention sites, with a downtown convention complex. Syracuse was named after the classical Greek city Syracuse (''Siracusa'' in Italian), a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily. Historically, the city has functioned as a major crossroads over the last two centuries, first between the Erie Canal and its branch canals, then of the railway network. Today, Syracuse is at the intersection of Interstates 81 and 90. Its airport is the largest in the Central New York region. Syracuse is home to Syracuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 Metre Freestyle Relay
The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. The U.S. women's team smashed a new Olympic record to recapture their freestyle relay title with the help of a sterling anchor leg from Allison Schmitt. Trailing throughout most of the race with a back-to-back lead from Australia and France before the final exchange, Schmitt demolished the field with a remarkable split of 1:54.09 to deliver the American foursome of Missy Franklin (1:55.96), Dana Vollmer (1:56.02), and Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85) a gold medal and an Olympic record in 7:42.92. Australia's Bronte Barratt (1:55.76), Melanie Schlanger (1:55.62), and Kylie Palmer (1:56.91) handed Alicia Coutts the anchor duties at the final exchange with a 0.54-second lead, but Coutts' split of 1:56.12 was just over a full-body length behind Schmitt's stunning anchor, leaving them with a silver medal in 7:44.41. Meanwhile, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March 2007 (prelims and final) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. The existing records when the event started were: * World Record (WR): 3:35.22, Germany ( Dallmann, Goetz, Steffen, Liebs), 31 July 2006 in Budapest, Hungary Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o .... * Championship Record (CR): 3:37.32, Australia ( Henry, Mills, Reese, Lenton), Barcelona 2005 (Jul.24.2005) Results Final Prelims Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4 by 100 metre freestyle relay Swimming at the 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were: Results Heats The heats were held at 11:08. Final The final was held at 19:48. References External linksBarcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4 by 100 metre medley relay Medley relay 4x100 metre, women's World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming event ... 2013 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Aquatics Championships
The 15th FINA World Championships ( ca, Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, es, Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! (trans: 2013 Worlds has a name: Barcelona!); posted by the Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN) on 2010-09-26; retrieved 2010-09-27. The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, |
Swimming At The 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The women's 4 x 100 metre medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the final. The American team consisting of Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, and Missy Franklin won the gold in an Americas record time of 3:52.36. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats 17 teams participated in 3 heats. Final The final was held at 19:45. References External links2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay start list from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.FINA World Championships, Swimming: United States Smokes Women's 400 Medley Relay; Rattles World Record; Sets American Record, Textile Best ''Swimming World Magazine'' (2011-07-30); retrieved 2011-08-09. {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Medley relay 4x100 metre, women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 Metre Butterfly
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place on 24 and 25 July. The heats and semifinals took place on 24 July and the final was held on 25 July. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats 47 swimmers participated in 6 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Reserve place swimoff As two swimmers had the same time in the heats at place 17 they had to participate in a swimoff to determine the first semifinal reserve swimmer. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 24 July at 18:00. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held at 18:02. References External links2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre butterfly entry list from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23. {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 100 metre butterfly Butterfly 100 metre, women's World Aquatics Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronized swimming. At this championships, synchronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko, of Russia, was the most decorated competitor winning all six gold medals of her events, at solo, duet and team routines. These championships served as qualifying stages for the 2012 Summer Olympics. FINA announced Shanghai as the host on 24 March 2007, over other finalist Doha, Qatar. Schedule :''All dates are CST ( UTC+8)'' Medal table Host Nation Competition Diving The diving program consisted of 10 events (5 male and 5 female). Diving was contested at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from July 16–24. China came out on top in the gold medal count in the diving swimming competition with ten golds, winning all events. On the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 Metre Freestyle Relay
The Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. 25 teams were entered in the event; all swam. The existing records when the event started were: * World Record (WR): 7:50.82, Germany ( Dallmann, Samulski, Steffen, Liebs), 3 August 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. * Championship Record (CR): 7:53.70, USA (Coughlin, Hoff, Myers, Sandeno), Montreal 2005 (Jul.28.2005) Results Finals Preliminaries See also *Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay The Women's 4x200 Freestyle Relay event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 28 July 2005 in Montreal, Montreal, CanadaWorlds 2005 resultsWomen's 4x200m Free Relay Final Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2005-07-28 ... * Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 World Aquatics Championships
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (diving and water polo), St Kilda Beach (open water), and Rod Laver Arena in a temporary pool christened the Susie O'Neill Pool (synchro and swimming). A total of 2,158 athletes from 167 nations participated in the 2007 championships. The total number of spectators was more than 215,000, setting a new record attendance for the event. FINA President Mustapha Larfaoui described the competition as "the biggest and best in history." Medals table At the end of the competition, the medals table contained an entry for Tunisia, with one gold and one silver medal, both won by Oussama Mellouli. However, on 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland vacated these results imposing an 18-month comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Butterfly
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6–7 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Summary Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström overturned her own existing world record to become the country's first Olympic champion in the pool since Lars Frölander topped the podium on the male counterpart of this event in 2000. She maintained an enormous lead from the start to capture her first Olympic gold medal with a 55.48, shaving 0.16 seconds off from her own world record. Canada's 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak came from third at the initial length to smash a new junior World and Canadian record for the silver in 56.46, touching out U.S. swimmer and reigning Olympic titleholder Dana Vollmer, who claimed the bronze in 56.63, by just 0.17 of a second. Chinese teammates Chen Xinyi (56.72) and London 2012 runner-up Lu Ying (56.76) picked up the fourth and fifth spots respectively, separated by 0.04-second margin. Meanwhile, teenager Rikako Ikee cracked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Summary As expected, the Australian women's team solidified its triumph to set a new world record and defend the Olympic title in one of the program's freestyle relay races with the help of sterling final legs from sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell. Trailing half of the race with a marginal lead from the Americans, Bronte booted the Australians to the front with a third-leg split of 52.15, before her sister Cate (51.97) put on a fastest finish at the anchor leg to deliver the foursome of Emma McKeon (53.41) and Brittany Elmslie (53.12) a gold-medal time in 3:30.65. Moreover, they managed to break their own world record, set at the Commonwealth Games two years earlier, by a third of a second (3:30.98). The U.S. team of Simone Manuel (53.36) and Abbey Weitzeil (52.56) handed Dana Vollmer the third-leg duties to maintain their lead, but Vollmer's sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
