- Kylie Palmer
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fullname = Kylie Palmer
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nationality = AUS
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birthdate = birth date and age|1990|2|25
birthplace =Brisbane ,Queensland
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medaltemplates =Kylie Palmer (born
February 25 ,1990 inBrisbane ), is anAustralia n distance freestyleswimmer .She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell. She was Sports Captain for her house, Pegasus and represented the school in many aquatic events. At the 2007 Australian Short Course Championships she set an Australian and Commonwealth record in the 800 metres freestyle of 8:14.11.
She represented Australia at the
2006 Commonwealth Games , where she finished 5th in the 400 metres freestyle. At the 2007 Melbourne World Championships she came 8th in the 800 metres freestyle.At the Shortcourse World Championships in Manchster Kylie won 4 medals. Two titles over 200m and 400m freestyle, one silver medal over 800m freestyle and a bronze medal with the 4x200m freestyle relay.
At the
2008 Australian Swimming Championships she won the 800 metres freestyle in a personal best time of 8:24.30 and thus qualified for the2008 Summer Olympics . Also, by finishing 4th in the 200 metres freestyle, she qualified to swim in the relay at the games.At the Beijing Olympics, 14th of August 2008 Kylie Palmer won gold for the 4x200 Womans relay team, with other members Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt and Linda MacKenzie. The Australian team beat the world record of 7:44:31 by 5.78 seconds. The Australian team beat world superpowers U.S.A and China. Kylie Palmer was the fastest swimmer of her team, giving Australia a 3.14 advantage.
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Australian records in swimming External links
* [http://www.swimming.org.au Swimming Australia]
* Videos & Results on [http://www.swimpassion.net/Athletes/kyliepalmer.html SwimPassion.net]
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