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Rebecca Adlington

1989 - Today

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Rebecca Adlington (born 17 February 1989) is an English former competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle events in international competition. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle and 800-metre freestyle, breaking the 19-year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800-metre final. Adlington was Britain's first Olympic swimming champion since 1988, and the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals since 1908. After winning her first World Championship gold over 800 metres in 2011, along with silver in the 400 metres at the same meet, she won bronze medals in both the women's 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle events in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Rebecca Adlington is the 768th most popular swimmer (down from 660th in 2024), the 8,632nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 8,231st in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Rebecca Adlington ranks 768 out of 709. Before her are Manuel Frigo, Duncan Scott, Louise Hansson, Matthew Abood, Hugo González, and Yasuhiro Koseki. After her are Yan Zibei, Maria Ugolkova, Martin Malyutin, Simone Manuel, Marco Orsi, and Wang Qianyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Rebecca Adlington ranks 1,688. Before her are Alexander Grünwald, Emmanuel Mas, Kohei Yamada, Giorgio Avola, Tyler Oakley, and Nikita Klyukin. After her are Maria Ugolkova, Jack Bobridge, DeJuan Blair, David Boudia, Ariel Rodríguez, and Oscar Möller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rebecca Adlington ranks 8,634 out of 8,785. Before her are Adam Wharton (2004), Ben Woodburn (1999), Clinton Morrison (1979), Duncan Scott (1997), Greg Searle (1972), and Nico O'Reilly (2005). After her are Jamie Burnett (1975), Jocelyn Rae (1991), Lee Martin (1987), Skream (1986), Hannah Mills (1988), and Kate Rusby (1973).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Rebecca Adlington ranks 30. Before her are Mark Foster (1970), Gemma Spofforth (1987), Liam Tancock (1985), Joanne Jackson (1986), Dominik Kozma (1991), and Duncan Scott (1997). After her are James Guy (1995), Calum Jarvis (1992), Georgia Davies (1990), James Wilby (1993), David Morgan (1994), and Luke Greenbank (1997).

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