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Laticia-Leigh Transom
Leticia-Leigh Transon (born 10 April 2001) is a New Zealand swimmer who competed at the 2018 Commonwealth games and the 2024 Summer Olympics. Transom was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and spent the first part of her life in Taihape before moving to Australia in 2006. In Australia, she attended Brisbane State High School before departing for college in the United States of America. Transom returned to Australia on completion of her time at college. Transom (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Āti Haunui a Pāpārangi) was named Junior Māori Sportswoman of the year in 2017. She is the current New Zealand record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle set in 2023 in a time of 53.13. While also was part of the women's 4x200 meter freestyle relay, women's 4x100 metre medley relay and 4x100 mixed metre freestyle relay. Swimming career 2017 Commonwealth youth games Transom made her first national team at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games held in the Bahamas whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmerston North
Palmerston North (; , colloquially known as Palmerston or Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatū Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatū River, from the river's mouth, and from the end of the Manawatū Gorge, about north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's List of New Zealand urban areas, eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of The estimated population of Palmerston North city is The official limits of the city take in rural areas to the south, north-east, north-west and west of the main urban area, extending to the Tararua Ranges; including the town of Ashhurst at the mouth of the Manawatū Gorge, the villages of Bunnythorpe and Longburn in the north and west respectively. The city covers a land area of . The city's location was once little more than a clearing in a forest and occupied by small communities of Māori peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Clareburt
Lewis Clareburt (born 4 July 1999) is a New Zealand competitive swimmer who has represented New Zealand at two Olympics. He is the current 400 metre individual medley World Champion and Commonwealth Champion in 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley. Clareburt is one of New Zealand most decorated swimmers claiming multiple World Championship medals, Commonwealth Games medals and National, Commonwealth and Oceania records. Swimming Career 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Clareburt was selected for the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships held in Hawaii, United States. In the 400 metre individual medley, Clareburt finished 11th overall after swimming a 4:25.54 in the B Final and 12th overall after swimming 3:58.66 in the B Final of the 400 metre freestyle. 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Clareburt claimed a number of medals at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Nassau, The Bahamas including individual titles in the 200 metre freestyle in a ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results The final was held at 21:43. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Commonwealth Games 2018 in women's swimming, Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Gasson
Helena Gasson (born 8 December 1994) is a New Zealand Olympic swimmer representing her country at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. She has also competed internationally at the 2015 World University Games, the 2017 World Swimming Championships and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Helena is currently part of the Coast Swim Club Elite Team and the LA Current (Season 2) in the ISL. Personal life Gasson was born on 8 December 1994 in Auckland, New Zealand, and grew up in Waikato. She attended the University of Waikato where she studied a bachelor's degree in Sport and Leisure Studies as part of the Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme. Gasson has four siblings Jacqlyn, Natalie, Deliah and William. Career Gasson is currently a member of the Coast Swimming Club as part of their Elite Team training out of Northern Arena in the north of Auckland. She is currently coached by her partner Michael Weston. In 2013, she won a silver medal in the 200 metre butterfly event at the New Zealand Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carina Doyle
Carina Doyle (born 6 November 1993) is a New Zealand Olympic swimmer. In 2018 she competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay, and the Women's 100 m, 200 m and 400 m Freestyle events. Doyle was born in Darwin, Australia, and lived in Dunedin before moving to North Shore, Auckland. Doyle represented New Zealand at the 2017 World University Games, where she competed in the women’s 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle. Doyle also competed at the 2016 Oceania Championships where she won silver in the 100 and 200 m freestyle, the mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay and the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. She also won gold in the women's 4 × 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley relays and bronze in the 400 m freestyle. Doyle is also a member of the New Zealand national surf life-saving team, and competed in the International Surf Rescue Challenge. In 2019, she competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Marris
Georgia Marris (born 15 November 1996) is a New Zealand swimmer. In 2018 she is competing in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 100m butterfly event. Marris was born and grew up on the North Shore, Auckland. She began learning to swim from 6 months old, and from the age of three had lessons with New Zealand swimming representative, Phillipa Gower (née Gould). Marris first competed for New Zealand at the 2012 Trans-Tasman Tri Series, followed by the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in 2013. She has broken a number of New Zealand age group short course records including 13 years 100m freestyle, 16 years 200m freestyle and 17 years 100m freestyle. In 2015 and 2017 she competed at the World University Games. She is currently based in the United States where she has a scholarship at the University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion. Newborns can instinctively hold their breath underwater and exhibit rudimentary swimming movements as part of a survival reflex. Swimming requires endurance, skill and efficient techniques to maximize speed and minimize energy consumption. Swimming is a popular activity and competitive sport where certain techniques are deployed to move through water. It offers numerous health benefits, such as strengthened cardiovascular health, muscle strength, and increased flexibility. It is suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels. Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 Metre Freestyle ...
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats The heats were held on 8 April from 10:58 to 11:08. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 8 April at 19:59 and 20:03. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held on 9 April at 21:44. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's 100 metre freestyle Women's 100 metre freestyle Commonwealth Games Common Common may refer to: As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from Irish Gaelic surname Ó Comáin. Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 Metre Freestyle ...
The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats The heats were held on 6 April at 10:47. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 6 April at 20:12. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held on 7 April at 19:43. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's 50 metre freestyle Women's 50 metre freestyle Commonwealth Games Common Common may refer to: As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from Irish Gaelic surname Ó Comáin. Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the list of Australian capital cities, state capital, Brisbane. It is Queensland's List of cities in Queensland by population, second-largest city after Brisbane, as well as Australia's List of cities in Australia by population, sixth-largest city and the most populous non-capital city. The city's Gold Coast central business district, central business district is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of Southport, Queensland, Southport. The urban area of the Gold Coast is concentrated along the coast, sprawling almost 60 kilometres, joining up with the Greater Brisbane metropolitan region to the north and to the state border with New South Wales to the south. Nicknames of the city include the ‘Glitter Strip’ and the ‘Goldy’. The demonym of a Gold Coast resident is Gold Coaster. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciara Smith
Ciara Smith (born 9 December 2000) is a New Zealand swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ..., China. References 2000 births Living people New Zealand female breaststroke swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
