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Samantha Riley

1972 - Today

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Samantha Linette Pearl Riley (born 13 November 1972) is an Australian former competitive swimmer. She is of Aboriginal descent. She specialised in breaststroke and competed for Australia in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning three medals. She trained under Scott Volkers at the Commercial Swimming Club in Brisbane. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samantha Riley is the 493rd most popular swimmer (up from 503rd in 2019), the 928th most popular biography from Australia (down from 925th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Samantha Riley ranks 493 out of 709. Before her are Nicolò Martinenghi, Qin Haiyang, Jessica Vall, Cameron McEvoy, Brooke Bennett, and Jérémy Stravius. After her are Madeline Groves, Takeshi Matsuda, Éva Risztov, Johan Kenkhuis, Annie Lazor, and Ari-Pekka Liukkonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Samantha Riley ranks 1,112. Before her are Sunitha Krishnan, Masafumi Nakaguchi, Amy Weber, Mark Kinsella, Denise Lewis, and Karl Pilkington. After her are Clayton Ince, Steph Cook, Kimya Dawson, Mandira Bedi, Dara Ó Briain, and Shefali Shah.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Samantha Riley ranks 928 out of 1,143. Before her are Jessica Ashwood (1993), Alisa Camplin (1974), Penny Taylor (1981), Nicole Pratt (1973), Andrew Florent (1970), and Cameron McEvoy (1994). After her are Levi Miller (2002), Richard Garcia (1981), Madeline Groves (1995), Grant Schubert (1980), Michael Thwaite (1983), and Shane Perkins (1986).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Samantha Riley ranks 40. Before her are Emma McKeon (1994), Melanie Schlanger (1986), Linda Mackenzie (1983), Alicia Coutts (1987), Jessica Ashwood (1993), and Cameron McEvoy (1994). After her are Madeline Groves (1995), Brenton Rickard (1983), Leisel Jones (1985), Ariarne Titmus (2000), Libby Trickett (1985), and James Magnussen (1991).

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