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She won a silver medal in the 10 km freestyle at the 2007 World championship at only three seconds behind [[Larisa Ilchenko]], the gold medallist.<ref name=olympic/><ref name=britswim/> Patten represented [[Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] in the 800 m freestyle and also in the 10 km open water swimming event, where she won a bronze medal. |
She won a silver medal in the 10 km freestyle at the 2007 World championship at only three seconds behind [[Larisa Ilchenko]], the gold medallist.<ref name=olympic/><ref name=britswim/> Patten represented [[Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] in the 800 m freestyle and also in the 10 km open water swimming event, where she won a bronze medal. |
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==Charity Work== |
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Patten is an Athlete Ambassador for [[Right To Play]], the world's leading sports for development charity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Right To Play: Meet Our Athletes|url=http://www.righttoplay.com/uk/the-team/Pages/MeetOurAthletes.aspx}}</ref> |
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| Full name | Cassandra Patten | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1987 Cardinham, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Stockport Metro | ||||||||||||||
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Cassandra ('Cassie') Lily Patten (born 1 January 1987 at Cardinham, Cornwall, United Kingdom)[1][2] is a British freestyle swimmer.
Early life
Cassie's first swimming club was Bodmin and District in Cornwall where she trained under the coaches Phil Goldman and Joe Dixon, she then attended Plymouth College as a swimming scholar from the age of 11 to 18 where she was the house captain of Chaytor's House. Cassie was coached in the highly successful Plymouth Leander Swimming [1] programme at this time.
Swimming career
At the British Championships in 2006 she won a bronze in the 400 m and a silver in the 800 m. At the British Championships in 2007 she won a bronze in the 400 m freestyle and a silver in the 200 m butterfly. In her third year at the championships she won silver in the 800 m freestyle.[2]
She won a silver medal in the 10 km freestyle at the 2007 World championship at only three seconds behind Larisa Ilchenko, the gold medallist.[1][2] Patten represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle and also in the 10 km open water swimming event, where she won a bronze medal.
Charity Work
Patten is an Athlete Ambassador for Right To Play, the world's leading sports for development charity.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Athlete Profile". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
- ^ a b c "Cassandra Patten". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
- ^ "Right To Play: Meet Our Athletes".
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