Gemma Spofforth

Gemma Spofforth
Personal information
Full nameGemma Mary Spofforth
National team Great Britain
Born (1987-11-17) 17 November 1987 (age 37)
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubPortsmouth Northsea
College teamUniversity of Florida (US)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships – Long Course
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 100 m backstroke
European Championships – Long Course
Gold medal – first place 2010 Budapest 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Budapest 4x100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2010 Budapest 200 m backstroke
European Championships – Short Course
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Vienna 200 m backstroke
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 4x100 m medley

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.[2]

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.[3] She also came ninth in the 200-metre backstroke.

At the 2009 World Aquatic Championships in Rome, she took the gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke, in a world record time of 58.12 seconds.[4] Spofforth broke the 100-metre Backstroke world record on her way to winning her first world title in Rome, her time of 58.12 erased previous record holder Anastasia Zuyeva time of 58.48 set in the semi-finals of the event.[5]

Spofforth accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 2007 to 2010. During her four seasons of American college swimming, she won seven NCAA national championships, including three titles in the 100-yard backstroke (2008, 2009, 2010), three in the 200-yard backstroke (2007, 2008, 2009), and one in the 200-yard freestyle relay (2010), and was a key contributor to the Gators winning the NCAA national team championship in 2010. She received eleven All-American honours and four All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selections, was a two-time SEC champion, and set two SEC records.

She was a member of Great Britain's 2012 Olympic team, and competed in the 100-metre backstroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she achieved fifth place in 59.20 seconds. After the 2012 Olympics, Spofforth announced her retirement from competitive swimming.[6]

Personal bests and records held

Event Long course Short course
50 m backstroke 27.92 28.63
100 m backstroke 58.12 57.17
200 m backstroke 2:06.66 2:04.95
Key CR:Commonwealth NR:British

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gemma Spofforth's profile at Great Britain team site
  2. ^ British Swimming, Profile, Gemma Spofforth. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  3. ^ London 2012, Team GB, Gemma Spofforth, The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. ^ "13th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Women's 100m Backstroke Result" (PDF). Omega Timing. 28 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Spofforth sets record to win gold". BBC Sport. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Spofforth retires from swimming". BBC Sport.


Records
Preceded by Women's 100-metre backstroke
world record holder (long course)
28 July 2009 – 25 July 2017 		Succeeded by


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