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Gemma Spofforth

1987 - Today

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Gemma Mary Spofforth (born 17 November 1987) is an English former competition swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. Spofforth is the former world record-holder and former world champion in the 100-metre backstroke, and won a total of eight medals in major international championships. Spofforth was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, England. Spofforth represented 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, coming fourth in the 100-metre backstroke, four one-hundredths of a second (0.04) behind bronze medalist Margaret Hoelzer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Gemma Spofforth is the 690th most popular swimmer (down from 563rd in 2024), the 8,435th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,987th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Gemma Spofforth ranks 690 out of 709. Before her are Kseniya Sydorenko, Angie Bainbridge, Eric Shanteau, Blair Evans, Regan Smith, and Mark Foster. After her are Susie O'Neill, Helge Meeuw, Viktor Bromer, Tammy Cleland, Yasuko Tajima, and Ferry Weertman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Gemma Spofforth ranks 1,656. Before her are Dwayne Miller, Daisuke Ito, Jessica Houara, Danny Szetela, Darren Randolph, and Mushfiqur Rahim. After her are Destinee Hooker, Shunsuke Tsutsumi, Luke Pearson, Yuji Rokutan, Pablo Velázquez, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Gemma Spofforth ranks 25. Before her are Neil Brooks (1962), Spyridon Gianniotis (1980), Duncan Goodhew (1957), Adrian Moorhouse (1964), David Davies (1985), and Mark Foster (1970). After her are Liam Tancock (1985), Joanne Jackson (1986), Dominik Kozma (1991), Duncan Scott (1997), Rebecca Adlington (1989), and James Guy (1995).

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