Nicole Dryden

Nicole Dryden

Personal information
Nickname(s)	"Nikki"
Nationality	Canada
Born	5 April 1975 (1975-04-05) (age 36) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Backstroke, freestyle
Club	Manitoba Marlins
College team	University of Florida Brown University
Medal record Women's Swimming Pan American Games Silver 1991 Havana 100 m Backstroke Silver 1991 Havana 200 m Backstroke Silver 1991 Havana 4x200 m Freestyle Commonwealth Games Bronze 1994 Victoria 800 m Freestyle World Cup Gold 1993 Shanghai 1000 m Freestyle Gold 1993 Beijing 1000 m Freestyle Gold 1993 Malmo 400 m Freestyle Silver 1993 Shanghai 400 m Freestyle Silver 1993 Beijing 400 m Freestyle Silver 1993 Paris 400 m Freestyle Bronze 1993 Shanghai 200 m Backstroke Bronze 1993 Beijing 200 m Backstroke Bronze 1993 Malmo 1000 m Freestyle Bronze 1993 Paris 1000 m Freestyle Bronze 1991 Victoria 200 m Backstroke

Nicole "Nikki" Dryden (born 5 April 1975) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, and in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Early years

Dryden was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1975.^[1]

Swimming career

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Dryden reached the finals with the Canadian women's relay teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay (eighth) and in the 4x100-metre medley relay (sixth).^[1] In the individual 100-metre backstroke, Dryden made it to the consolation final, finishing fourteenth overall; she also participated in qualifying heats of the 200-metre freestyle and the 200-metre backstroke.^[1] At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Dryden placed fourteenth in the 800-metre freestyle.^[1]

Dryden received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of the Florida Gators swimming and diving team from 1993 to 1996.^[2] As a Gator swimmer she was a five-time Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion (twice in the 500-yard freestyle, twice in the 800-yard freestyle relay, and once in the 1,650-yard freestyle), and received nine All-American honors.^[2] She was also a five-time Ivy League champion as a swimmer for the Brown Bears swimming team of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown with a bachelor's degree in international relations in 1998.^[3]

Life after competition swimming

Dryden earned her juris doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, New York in 2005, and currently works as a human rights and immigration lawyer in the New York City office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy.^[3] Dryden previously served as a visa officer for the Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka and Kenya, and worked for the International Organization for Migration with Somali immigration officials.^[3]

Dryden also volunteers as an athlete ambassador for several organizations that work to support the rights of children around the world, including Right To Play and SwimLanka. She is also a celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America, a charitable organization that works with former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research.^[4]

See also

	Biography portal
	Olympics portal
	Swimming portal

• Florida Gators
• List of Brown University people
• List of University of Florida Olympians

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Nikki Dryden. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
2. ^ ^{a b} UF Swimming & Diving 2009–2010 Media Guide, Gator History & Records, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 90, 92, 96, 106, 115 (2009). Retrieved 5 June 2011.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Fragomen, Our Professionals, Nikki Dryden. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
4. ^ Swim Across America, Olympians, Nikki Dryden. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

External links

• Right To Play
• SwimLanka
• Commonwealth Games Foundation
• Women's Ivy League Swimming

Persondata
Name	Dryden, Nicole
Alternative names	Dryden, Nikki
Short description	All-American college swimmer, Canadian international swimmer, Olympian
Date of birth	5 April 1975
Place of birth	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date of death
Place of death