Ellen Gandy
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| Full name | Ellen May Gandy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Elly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1991 Bromley, United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (9 st 6 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nunawading SC, Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ellen May Gandy (born 15 August 1991 in Bromley, United Kingdom) is a female butterfly swimmer from Great Britain. She represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200m butterfly swimming event.
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[edit] Swimming career
At the age of 13, Gandy was selected by talent scouts to be a member of Britain's Smart Track squad of super talents formed by performance director Bill Sweetenham.
On 19 March 2009 Gandy swam a European record time in the women's 200m butterfly at the British Championships in Sheffield.[2] Her time of 2:04.83 beat the previous record of 2:05.61 set by Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak and was almost two seconds faster than Jemma Lowe's previous British record.
In 2011 at the World Championships in Shanghai, Gandy claimed silver in the 200m butterfly. She was second to Jiao Liuyang, China's Olympic silver medallist of 2008, and ahead of the bronze medallist Liu Zige, Olympic champion for China in 2008.
Gandy secured her place in the British team for the 2012 Olympics with victory in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly in the trials at the London Aquatics Centre.[3]
[edit] Personal life
Gandy resides in Melbourne, Australia and attended Carey Baptist Grammar School.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ellen Gandy British Swimming
- ^ Craig Lord (18 March 2009). "Gandy: 2:04.84 European Record 200 'fly". SwimNews Online. http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/6737. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
- ^ Nick Hope (7 March 2012). "London 2012: Ellen Gandy earns second Team GB Olympic place". BBC Sport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/swimming/17293847. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
[edit] External links
- Ellen Gandy profile British Swimming
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- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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