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EDINGTON Sophie

Nationality	AUS Australia
Birth Date
Gender	Women
Height (m / in)
Weight (kg / lbs)
Events Inscribed	Aquatics Swimming Women's 50m Backstroke Aquatics Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke Aquatics Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke Member of Australia Aquatics Swimming Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
Medals Won	GOLD - Women's 100m Backstroke GOLD - Women's 50m Backstroke

Date	Venue	Event	Country - Name	Results	Status
17 Mar 10:17	SAS	Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 03	AUS - EDINGTON Sophie	(1) 1:01.32	Completed
17 Mar 20:23	SAS	Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 02	AUS - EDINGTON Sophie	(1) 1:01.30	Completed
18 Mar 20:21	SAS	Women's 100m Backstroke Final A	AUS - EDINGTON Sophie	(1) 1:00.93	Completed
19 Mar 10:12	SAS	Women's 50m Backstroke Heat 03	AUS - EDINGTON Sophie	(1) 29.21	Completed
19 Mar 19:22	SAS	Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinal 01	AUS - EDINGTON Sophie	(1) 28.79	Completed
20 Mar 10:17	SAS	Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 02	AUS - EDINGTON Sophie	(3) 2:15.56	Completed
20 Mar 19:35	SAS	Women's 200m Backstroke Final A	AUS - EDINGTON Sophie	(4) 2:12.58	Completed
20 Mar 20:57	SAS	Women's 50m Backstroke Final A	AUS - EDINGTON Sophie	(1) 28.42	Completed

Place Of Birth	Loxton, Australia
Residence	Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Pharmacy assistant
Coach	Greg Salter
Influential Person	Kingscliff ASC
Idol	She lists her role models as Petria Thomas, Sarah Ryan and Michael Klim.
Recent Results	FINA World Championships (Montreal, July-2005) 5th in the 50m Backstroke (28.87) 8th in the 100m Backstroke (1:01.97) 1st in the 4 x 100m medley relay (3:57.47)
Commonwealth Games History	has not competed
Olympic Games History	has not competed
Other	Personal Best: 50m Freestyle - 25.43 100m Freestyle - 55.71 50m Backstroke - 28.65 100m Backstroke - 1:01.09 (Australian Record) 200m Backstroke - 2:12.68 World Ranking: 20th in the 50m Freestyle (2005) 31st in the 100m Freestyle (2005) 6th in the 50m Backstroke (2005) 8th in the 100m Backstroke (2005) 48th in the 200m Backstroke (2005) At the 2004 Telstra Australia Short Course Championships, Sophie and her training partner Tay Zimmer dead-heated twice - in the 100m Backstroke and then two nights later in the 50m Backstroke. She finished third in both the 50 and 100m Backstroke before she led off the victorious world record breaking Australian women's 4 x 100m medley relay team. The results from the 2004 Telstra SC Championships saw Sophie selected for the 2004 World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis, where she claimed her first international medals.

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