Caroline Burckle
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| Full name | Caroline Burckle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States |
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| Born | June 24, 1986 Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 137 lb (62 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | FAST Swim Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caroline Burckle (born June 24, 1986) is a former American college and international swimmer who was an Olympic bronze medalist.
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[edit] Swimming career
[edit] Collegiate career
Burckle was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2005 to 2008. She was named the 2008 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year by virtue of winning two individual NCAA swimming titles and breaking the oldest-standing women's NCAA swimming record by swimming a 4:33.60 in the 500-yard freestyle.[1]
[edit] 2005-2007
In 2005, Burckle was selected to compete at the World Championships in Montreal. She swam in the preliminaries of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay for the gold-medal-winning U.S. team.
At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Burckle won the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle.
[edit] 2008 Olympics
At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Burckle placed fourth in the 200 -meter freestyle, earning a place on the Olympic swim team for the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.[2] Burckle also placed fourth in the 400-meter freestyle and fifth in the 800-meter freestyle in Omaha.[3][4]
At the 2008 Olympic Games, Burckle earned a bronze medal swimming in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Burckle swam the lead-off leg in the preliminary heats in 1:57.86, and was selected to swim in the final. She swam the third leg of the final in 1:56.70.
[edit] 2009 National Championships
At the 2009 National Championships, Burckle placed third in the 400-meter freestyle, barely missing the chance to compete a the 2009 World Championships.[5] Burckle was, however, named to the 2009–2010 U.S. National Team.
[edit] Personal bests
| Long Course | |||
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| Stroke | Distance | Time | Date |
| Freestyle | 200 m | 1:57.86 | Aug 2008 |
| Freestyle | 400 m | 4:05.09 | June 2008 |
| Freestyle | 800 m | 8:32.26 | June 2008 |
[edit] Personal
In the fall of 2009, Burckle moved to Fullerton, California to train with the FAST Swim Team under coach Sean Hutchison. Burckle trains alongside Katie Hoff, Ariana Kukors, and Margaret Hoelzer.[6] Since her move to Southern California, Burckle has enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.[7][8]
Burckle's younger brother Clark Burckle also swam at Florida, but transferred to Arizona before his senior year. He was a finalist in the 200-meter breaststroke and 400-meter individual medley at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Florida's Burckle recognized as top female swimmer". April 2, 2008. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3326110&type=story.
- ^ "2008 US Olympic Team Trials results: Women's 200 m freestyle final". July 2, 2008. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2008/Omaha_b_2008/C73A1_Res1Heat_111_Finals_1_Women_200_Free.pdf.
- ^ "2008 US Olympic Team Trials results: Women's 400 m freestyle final". June 30, 2008. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2008/Omaha_b_2008/C73A1_Res1Heat_110_Finals_1_Women_400_Free.pdf.
- ^ "2008 US Olympic Team Trials results: Women's 800 m freestyle final". July 5, 2008. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2008/Omaha_b_2008/C73A1_Res1Heat_122_Finals_1_Women_800_Free.pdf.
- ^ "2009 National Championships results: Women's 400 m freestyle final". July 8, 2009. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Indy2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_105_Finals_1_Women_400_Free.pdf.
- ^ Amy Shipley (August 21, 2009). "Coach With Local Ties To Manage Talent And Egos". http://reachforthewall.com/2009/08/21/hutchison-to-manage-talent-and-egos/.
- ^ Bob Schaller (November 7, 2009). "Caroline Burckle: An Olympian hitting the bright lights and big city". http://www.swimnetwork.com/blogs/blog/20091107/caroline_burckle__an_olympian_hitting_the_bright_lights_and_big_city-6448.html.
- ^ "PMG Sports: Caroline Burckle". http://pmgsports.com/new/swimming_caroline_burckle.html.
[edit] External links
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- American swimmers
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Florida Gators women's swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Louisville, Kentucky
- Sportspeople from Kentucky
- Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
