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American swimmer
Rhiannon Jeffrey (born October 25, 1986
[2] ) is a former
[3] American swimmer who won a gold medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics .
Swimming career
Jeffrey began swimming at the age of six,
[3] and won eight
Florida state titles while in high school at
Atlantic Community High School in
Delray Beach, Florida . She was named state swimmer of the year four years in a row by the
South Florida Sun-Sentinel .
[4] In 2003, for her senior year at Atlantic, she was joined on the swim team by her younger sister Kirstie.
[4]
Jeffrey's first taste of international success was at the
2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships where she swam on the U.S. 4x100 freestyle relay team that took a silver medal.
[2] While still a senior in high school, she won two gold medals in the
2003 World Aquatics Championships ; swimming as part of the U.S. teams in both the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays.
[5]
Jeffrey was highly recruited,
[6] and chose to go across the country to the
University of Southern California in
Los Angeles .
[2] Just two weeks before the 2004
United States Olympic Trials , Jeffrey was hospitalized with an abscessed tonsil;
[3] she recovered in time to take 4th place in the 200 metre freestyle at the competition, and earn a spot on the 4x200 metre relay team in Athens.
[2] In Athens she swam in the preliminary heats of the
4x200 freestyle relay , and when the U.S. team won the final, she was awarded a gold medal.
[2]
Retirement
In 2007, Jeffrey left USC and gave up swimming four months before the
U.S. Olympic Trials for the
2008 Summer Olympics .
[3] She relocated to
Salem, Massachusetts , and took a job with
Apple Inc . Jeffrey is currently the head swim coach for the Atlantis Aquatics swim team in Portsmouth, NH.
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[3]
See also
References
External links
Qualification Men's team Women's team Coaches
1973 :
Kornelia Ender ,
Andrea Eife ,
Andrea Hübner ,
Sylvia Eichner (GDR)
1975 :
Kornelia Ender ,
Barbara Krause ,
Claudia Hempel ,
Ute Brückner (GDR)
1978 :
Tracy Caulkins ,
Stephanie Elkins ,
Jill Sterkel ,
Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
1982 :
Birgit Meineke ,
Susanne Link ,
Kristin Otto ,
Caren Metschuck (GDR)
1986 :
Kristin Otto ,
Manuela Stellmach ,
Sabina Schulze ,
Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1991 :
Nicole Haislett ,
Julie Cooper ,
Whitney Hedgepeth ,
Jenny Thompson (USA)
1994 :
Le Jingyi ,
Shan Ying ,
Le Ying ,
Lü Bin (CHN)
1998 :
Lindsay Farella ,
Amy Van Dyken ,
Barbara Bedford ,
Jenny Thompson (USA)
2001 :
Petra Dallmann ,
Antje Buschschulte ,
Katrin Meissner ,
Sandra Völker (GER)
2003 :
Natalie Coughlin ,
Lindsay Benko ,
Rhi Jeffrey ,
Jenny Thompson (USA)
2005 :
Jodie Henry ,
Alice Mills ,
Shayne Reese ,
Libby Trickett (AUS)
2007 :
Libby Trickett ,
Melanie Schlanger ,
Shayne Reese ,
Jodie Henry (AUS)
2009 :
Inge Dekker ,
Ranomi Kromowidjojo ,
Femke Heemskerk ,
Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
2011 :
Inge Dekker ,
Ranomi Kromowidjojo ,
Marleen Veldhuis ,
Femke Heemskerk (NED)
2013 :
Missy Franklin ,
Natalie Coughlin ,
Shannon Vreeland ,
Megan Romano (USA)
2015 :
Emily Seebohm ,
Emma McKeon ,
Bronte Campbell ,
Cate Campbell (AUS)
2017 :
Mallory Comerford ,
Kelsi Dahlia ,
Katie Ledecky ,
Simone Manuel (USA)
2019 :
Bronte Campbell ,
Brianna Throssell ,
Emma McKeon ,
Cate Campbell (AUS)
2022 :
Mollie O'Callaghan ,
Madison Wilson ,
Meg Harris ,
Shayna Jack (AUS)
2023 :
Mollie O'Callaghan ,
Shayna Jack ,
Meg Harris ,
Emma McKeon (AUS)
2024 :
Kim Busch ,
Janna van Kooten ,
Kira Toussaint ,
Marrit Steenbergen (NED)
1986 :
Manuela Stellmach ,
Astrid Strauss ,
Nadja Bergknecht ,
Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1991 :
Kerstin Kielgass ,
Manuela Stellmach ,
Dagmar Hase ,
Stephanie Ortwig (GER)
1994 :
Le Ying ,
Yang Aihua ,
Zhou Guanbin ,
Lü Bin (CHN)
1998 :
Franziska van Almsick ,
Dagmar Hase ,
Silvia Szalai ,
Kerstin Kielgass (GER)
2001 :
Nicola Jackson ,
Janine Belton ,
Karen Legg ,
Karen Pickering (GBR)
2003 :
Lindsay Benko ,
Rachel Komisarz ,
Rhi Jeffrey ,
Diana Munz (USA)
2005 :
Natalie Coughlin ,
Katie Hoff ,
Whitney Myers ,
Kaitlin Sandeno (USA)
2007 :
Natalie Coughlin ,
Dana Vollmer ,
Lacey Nymeyer ,
Katie Hoff (USA)
2009 :
Yang Yu ,
Zhu Qianwei ,
Liu Jing ,
Pang Jiaying (CHN)
2011 :
Missy Franklin ,
Dagny Knutson ,
Katie Hoff ,
Allison Schmitt (USA)
2013 :
Katie Ledecky ,
Shannon Vreeland ,
Karlee Bispo ,
Missy Franklin (USA)
2015 :
Missy Franklin ,
Leah Smith ,
Katie McLaughlin ,
Katie Ledecky (USA)
2017 :
Leah Smith ,
Mallory Comerford ,
Melanie Margalis ,
Katie Ledecky (USA)
2019 :
Ariarne Titmus ,
Madison Wilson ,
Brianna Throssell ,
Emma McKeon (AUS)
2022 :
Claire Weinstein ,
Leah Smith ,
Katie Ledecky ,
Bella Sims (USA)
2023 :
Mollie O'Callaghan ,
Shayna Jack ,
Brianna Throssell ,
Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
2024 :
Ai Yanhan ,
Gong Zhenqi ,
Li Bingjie ,
Yang Peiqi (CHN)