Place Of Birth | Kings Lynn, England |
Residence | Loughborough, England |
Occupation | Student |
Coach | Ben Titley |
Influential Person | Her family |
Idol | Michael Johnson, Carl Lewis, Denis Lewis, Steffi Graf |
Recent Results | FINA World Championships (Montreal, July-2005) 15th in the 100m Butterfly (1:00.34) 10th in the 4x100m medley relay (4:07.71)
British Championships (2005) Gold in the 50m Butterfly (27.18) Silver in the 100m Butterfly (1:00.73) 5th in the 100m Freestyle (57.31) |
Commonwealth Games History | Manchester 2002 7th in the 50m Freestyle (26.03) 4th in the 50m Butterfly (27.41) Silver in the 4x100m Freestyle relay (3:41.47) |
Olympic Games History | Athens 2004 did not compete
Sydney 2000 5th in the 4x100m Freestyle relay (3:40.54) |
Injuries | Rosalind was unable to compete at the 1996 Olympic Trials due to injury. |
Other | Rosalind's first sporting success was claiming a silver medal at the Yorkshire Championships when she was ten years old.
She also fondly recalls in 2004 becoming the first woman in Great Britain to go under 60 seconds in the 100m Butterfly in a long course event.
She claims coming fifth in the 4x100m Freestyle relay at the 2000 Olympics, closely followed by her silver medal performance at the 2001 World Long Course Championships, have been her finest sporting moments.
Rosalind was the first British woman to swim 100m Butterfly in a Long pool in under a minute.
She lists her biggest sporting disappointment as coming fourth in the 50m Butterfly at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. |