Sophie Edington

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Sophie Edington (born 12 December 1984 in Loxton, South Australia) is an Australian backstroke swimmer. She trains at the Kingscliff ASC club under Greg Salter.

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal she won two gold medals, with the backstroke leg in 4x100 m medley relay and as a heat swimmer in the 4x100 m freestyle.

She won three gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne: 50 m and 100 m backstroke, and the 4 × 100 m medley relay in world record time of 3:56.30 s with teammates Leisel Jones, Libby Lenton and Jessicah Schipper.

Controversy followed her defeat of Giaan Rooney in the 50 m backstroke, a week later, when video footage showed that Edington touched behind Rooney, but because Edingtone hit the wall harder, the touch pad registered her time faster. With Rooney deciding not to protest, the period lapsed and Edington remains the title holder and Games Record holder.

After a promising string of breakthroughs, Sophie had a disappointing World Championship Trials campaign for the Melbourne 2007. She finished 15th in the 100m Freestyle and 3rd in the 100m Backstroke (in which she was the reigning Australian Record holder) to Emily Seebohm and Tayliah Zimmer who dead heated for 1st. While she came 2nd in the 50m Backstroke to Zimmer, she was not selected to be part of the team, with Seebohm replacing her in that event.

She is the current world record holder for the 50m backstroke, set at the 2008 Australian Olympic Trials, beating the day old record of 27.95s to lower it to 27.67s, to take the record from fellow Australian Emily Seebohm, who did not swim the final. Over the 100m backstroke she managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing finishing second behind Emily Seebohm in 59.84s. This was the first time three women from the same country had broken the minute barrier, and the first time a race in history had three women dipping under that mark (as it also included Belinda Hocking who did not qualify).

ee also

* Commonwealth Games records in swimming

External links

* [https://www.clubsonline.com.au/console/customitem/attachments/Sophie%20Edington%20K.pdf Swimming Australia profile]
* [http://www.timedfinals.com/10122006/bucking-convention-well-almost-buck-naked/ Bucking Convention - Well Almost Buck Naked]
* Videos & Results on [http://www.swimpassion.net/Athletes/sophieedington.html SwimPassion.net]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH=12 December 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH=Loxton, South Australia, Australia
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