Angie Bainbridge

Angie Lee Bainbridge, OAM[1] (born 16 October 1989) is an Australian freestyle swimmer who specialises in the 200-metre event.

Angie Bainbridge

Personal information
Full name	Angie Lee Bainbridge
National team	Australia
Born	16 October 1989 Newcastle, New South Wales
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Hunter
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2008 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle 2008 Manchester 4×100 m medley 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m medley 2008 Manchester 4×200 m freestyle

At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships she qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relay squads by coming sixth and third in the respective individual events.

She was not used as the Australians won bronze in the shorter race. She then swam the preliminary heats of the longer relay, and collected gold when the first-choice quartet won the final in a world record time.

In 2009, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia "For service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games".[1]

She was part of the Australian 4 x 200 m freestyle team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, again swimming in the heats.[2]

She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[3]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

References

1. "Bainbridge, Angie Lee". It's An Honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
2. "Angie Bainbridge Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
3. AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine