Sarah Price

This article is about the swimmer. For the filmmaker see Sarah Price (filmmaker)

Sarah Price

Personal information
Full name	Sarah Jane Price
Nationality	British
Born	19 April 1979 (1979-04-19) (age 32) Enfield, Greater London
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kilograms (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Backstroke
College team	Loughborough University
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Great Britain European Championships - Long Course Bronze 1997 Seville 4×100 m medley European Championships - Short Course Gold 2001 Antwerp 200 m backstroke Gold 2002 Riesa 200 m backstroke Silver 2001 Antwerp 100 m backstroke Silver 2004 Vienna 200 m backstroke Bronze 1999 Lisbon 100 m backstroke Bronze 2000 Valencia 4×50 m medley Bronze 2002 Riesa 100 m backstroke Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester 100 m backstroke Gold 2002 Manchester 200 m backstroke Bronze 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m medley Bronze 2002 Manchester 50 m backstroke Bronze 2002 Manchester 4×100 m medley

Sarah Price (born 19 April 1979 in North London) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom. She began her swimming career at the Potters Bar club, and turned professional aged fifteen. She set her first British record in 1997 in the 50 m backstroke. She also swam for Barnet Copthall Swimming Club, before ending her career at Loughborough University.

In 2001, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany, Price set a world record in the 200 m backstroke winning gold.^[1] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, she won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke races,^[2] as well as picking up bronze in the 50 m race and the medley relay. Her chances of success at the 2004 Summer Olympics ended when she suffered a freak warm-up injury, cutting her leg on an underwater camera.^[3] Price retired in March 2005, and now runs her own swimming clinics.

References

1. ^ European swimming medals in Germany
2. ^ BBC SPORT | Commonwealth Games 2002 | Swimming | Swimmers land double sweep
3. ^ BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Swimming | Price out after injury

External links

• Profile on British Swimming
• Personal website
• BBC Sports Academy

Persondata
Name	Price, Sarah
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 April 1979
Place of birth	Enfield, Greater London
Date of death
Place of death