Kirsty Coventry

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Kirsty Coventry
Personal information
Full name:Kirsty Leigh Coventry
Nationality:Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Stroke(s):backstroke, individual medley
College team:Auburn Tigers
Date of birth:September 16 1983 (1983-09-16) (age 25)
Place of birth:Harare, Zimbabwe
Medal record
Women’s swimming
Competitor for Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens[1] 200 m backstroke
Silver 2004 Athens 100 m backstroke
Bronze 2004 Athens 200 m individual medley
World Championships
Gold 2005 Montreal[2] 100 m backstroke
Gold 2005 Montreal 200 m backstroke
Silver 2005 Montreal 200 m individual medley
Silver 2005 Montreal 400 m individual medley
Silver 2007 Melbourne[3] 200 m backstroke
Silver 2007 Melbourne 200 m individual medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2002 Manchester[4] 200 m individual medley
All-Africa Games
Gold 2007 Algiers 50 m freestyle
Gold 2007 Algiers 800 m freestyle
Gold 2007 Algiers 50 m backstroke
Gold 2007 Algiers 100 m backstroke
Gold 2007 Algiers 200 m backstroke
Gold 2007 Algiers 200 m individual medley
Gold 2007 Algiers 400 m individual medley
Silver 2007 Algiers 100 m breaststroke
Silver 2007 Algiers 4x100 m medley
Silver 2007 Algiers 4x200 m freestyle

Kirsty Leigh Coventry (born September 16, 1983) is a Zimbabwean swimmer. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, she attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, Coventry won three olympic medals, a gold, a silver, and a bronze.

At Auburn, Coventry helped lead the Tigers to NCAA Championships in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, she was the top individual scorer at the NCAA Championships and captured three individual titles including the 200 and 400 individual medley (IM), and the 200 backstroke for the second consecutive season. She was named the College Swimming Coaches Association Swimmer of the Meet for her efforts. Other awards include 2005 SEC Swimmer of the Year, the 2004-2005 SEC Female Athlete of the Year, and the 2005 Honda Award Winner for Swimming.

In 2000, while in still in high school, Coventry became the first Zimbabwe swimmer to reach the semifinals at the Olympics and was named Zimbabwe's Sports Woman of the Year.

At the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, Kirsty improved on her 2004 Olympic medal count by winning gold in both the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and silver in the 200 m and the 400 m IM. She bettered her Olympic gold-winning 200 m backstroke time with a performance of 2:08.52. Although she was one of just two swimmers from Zimbabwe, her performance allowed her country to rank third in the medal count by nation. In addition Kirsty picked up the female swimmer of the meet honours.

In Melbourne at the 2007 World Championships, Coventry won silver medals in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m IM. She was disqualified in the 400 m IM when finishing second to eventual winner Katie Hoff in her heat. Kirsty finished in a disappointing 14th place in the 100 m backstroke in a time of 1:01.73, failing to qualify for the final.

Coventry continued her good form of 2007 by winning four gold medals at the International Swim Meet in Narashino, Japan. She led the way in the 200 m and 400 m IM as well as the 100 m and 200 m backstroke.

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[edit] 2007 All-Africa Games

  • Gold in the 200-meter IM (2:13.02 CR)
  • Gold in the 400-meter IM (4:39.91 CR)
  • Gold in the 50-meter freestyle (26.19)
  • Gold in the 800-meter freestyle (8:43.89 CR)
  • Gold in the 50-meter backstroke (28.89 AR)
  • Gold in the 100-meter backstroke (1:01.28 CR)
  • Gold in the 200-meter backstroke (2:10.66 CR)
  • Silver in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:11.86)
  • Silver in the 4x100-meter medley (4:21.60 NR)
  • Silver in the 4x200-meter freestyle (8:38.20 NR)

[edit] 2007 World Championship medals

  • Silver in the 200-meter backstroke (2:07.54)
  • Silver in the 200-meter IM (2:10.74)

[edit] 2005 World Championship medals

  • Gold in the 100-meter backstroke (1:00.24)
  • Gold in the 200-meter backstroke (2:08.52)
  • Silver in the 200-meter IM (2:11.13)
  • Silver in the 400-meter IM (4:39.72)

[edit] 2004 Olympic medals

  • Bronze in the 200-meter IM (2:12.72) - Zimbabwe's second Olympic medal
  • Gold in the 200-meter backstroke (2:09.19)
  • Silver in the 100-meter backstroke (1:00.50)

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  3. ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  4. ^ BBC Sport Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.

[edit] External links


Awards
Preceded by
Incumbent 		World African Swimmer of the Year
2004 – 2005 		Succeeded by
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg Suzaan Van Biljon
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Olympic champions in women's 200 m backstroke
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