Nicole Dryden
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| Nickname(s) | "Nikki" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada |
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| Born | 5 April 1975 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Backstroke, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Manitoba Marlins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida Brown University |
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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.
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[edit] Early years
Dryden was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1975.[1]
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Nikki Dryden. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Fragomen, Our Professionals, Nikki Dryden. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ Swim Across America, Olympians, Nikki Dryden. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
[edit] External links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Backstroke swimmers
- Brown Bears athletes
- Canadian people of British descent
- Canadian sportswomen
- Canadian swimmers
- Florida Gators women's swimmers
- Freestyle swimmers
- New York lawyers
- Olympic swimmers of Canada
- People from Calgary
- Sportspeople from Alberta
- Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
