Clementine Stoney
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Clementine Stoney is a former backstroke
swimmer from Australia
, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in thirteenth position in the 200m Backstroke. Stoney won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships
in Athens, Greece.
Backstroke
The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...
swimmer from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in thirteenth position in the 200m Backstroke. Stoney won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships
2000 FINA Short Course World Championships
The 5th FINA World Swimming Championships were held at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens, Greece from 16–19 March 2000. The meet resulted in 15 world records: 2 established in the heats, 4 in the semi-finals, and 9 in the finals....
in Athens, Greece.