Jennifer Reilly
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Jennifer Louise Reilly is an Australia
n medley
swimmer
.
Reilly has won the 400 metre individual medley event at Telstra Australian Championships
8 out of the last 9 years, having to withdraw from the final in 2005 and was runner up in 1998 and was number one mortgage advisor at E*Trade Financial for July 2007.
Reilly, born in Geraldton
and growing up in Perth
, was a strong junior swimmer winning four gold and two silver medals at the 1998 Australian Age Championships and later that year at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
in Kuala Lumpur
, at the age of 15, won her first international medal with third in the 400 metre individual medley.
At the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships
in Hong Kong
she finished fourth in final of the 400 metre individual medley. Later in August at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
in Sydney
she was finished fifth in the same event.
In 2000, after now competing in three international meets, she continued her great form at Australian Age Championships picking up three gold and two silver medals. At the Australian Championships and Olympic Selection Trails she won the 400 metre individual medley beating both Rachel Harris
and Hayley Lewis
home to qualify for first Olympics. At the Olympics
itself, she finished eighth in the final.
At the 2001 Australian Age Championships she added another four gold and two silver medals. However, she did not perform as well at the 2001 FINA World Championships
in Fukuoka
, Japan
as she would have liked, finishing ninth in the 400 metre individual medley and eleventh in the 200 metre individual medley.
2002 was by far and away her best year to date. In April, at the FINA Short Course World Championships
, she finished fifth in the 400 metre individual medley, eighth in 200 metre individual medley and 15th in 800 metre freestyle event. At the Australia Championships in Brisbane
she took out the 400 metre individual medley for the fourth consecutive year and for first time was crowned the Australian Champion in the 200 metre individual medley. In July, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
in Manchester
, England
, she won first gold medal in an international meet taking out the 400 metre individual medley in a time of 4 mins 43.59 sec. To complement this she also won silver the 200 metre individual medley and finished fourth in the 800 metre freestyle event. She backed this up in August, at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
in Yokohama
, Japan
winning gold in the 400 metre individual medley in a time of 4 min 40.84 sec.
In April 2003 at the inaugural Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool
in Indianapolis
, Indiana
she won silver the 400 metre individual medley. At the 2003/2004 FINA Swimming World Cup
event in Melbourne
she won the 400 metre individual medley. At the Australian Short Course Championships in Hobart
was took silver medal in both the 200 and the 400 individual medley. In July, at the 2003 FINA World Championships
she improved by one position on her result in 2001, finishing eighth in 400 metre individual medley.
At the 2004 Australian Championships and Olympic Selection Trails she won the 400 metre individual medley event for the sixth consecutive year and in process broke the broke Australian record in a time of 4 mins 40.71 sec. She also finished fourth in the 800 metre freestyle and seventh in the 200 metre individual medley. At the Olympics itself, she failed to make the final of 400 metre individual medley
, finishing 19th overall.
In March 2005, at the Australian Championships and World Championships Selection Trails, after qualifying fastest in the heats of 400 metre individual medley, she had to withdraw from the final meaning she was unable qualify for the 2005 FINA World Championships
in Montreal
, Canada
. Lara Carroll
was crowned the Australian Champion in the event, the first time in seven years that someone other than Reilly had won the event. In August, at the Australian Short Course Championships and World Short Course Championships Selection Trails in Melbourne
, she finished behind Carroll to take silver in 400 metre individual medley. However, silver wasn't enough to make the squad for 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships
in Shanghai
, China
.
In February 2006, at the Australian Championships and Commonwealth Games Selection Trails, Reilly claimed back her 400 metre individual medley national crown from Lara Carroll and in process earned the chance to defend her Commonwealth title. She also finished fourth in 200 metre individual medley and seventh in 200 metre breaststroke events. In March at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
in Melbourne
, Australia
, she was unable to retain her title as 400 metres individual medley
Commonwealth Champion, touching the wall after Stephanie Rice
and Rebecca Cooke
. In August at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
in Victoria
, Canada
she failed to the make the final of the 400 metres individual medley finishing 12th overall.
In December 2006, at the 2007 Australian Championships and World Championships Selection Trails in Brisbane
, Reilly took out, for the eighth time in nine years, the 400 metre individual medley event and in the process breaking her own national record by more than two seconds, stopping the clock at 4 mins 38.62 sec. This result also meant she qualified for the 2007 FINA World Championships
to commence on 17 March 2007 in Melbourne
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...
n medley
Medley swimming
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...
swimmer
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
.
Reilly has won the 400 metre individual medley event at Telstra Australian Championships
Telstra Swimming Championships
The Telstra Australian Swimming Championships is Swimming Australia's top domestic swimming competition.The venue of the first edition of the championships was Wylie's Baths near Coogee Beach....
8 out of the last 9 years, having to withdraw from the final in 2005 and was runner up in 1998 and was number one mortgage advisor at E*Trade Financial for July 2007.
Reilly, born in Geraldton
Geraldton, Western Australia
Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth in the Mid West region. Geraldton has an estimated population at June 2010 of 36,958...
and growing up in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, was a strong junior swimmer winning four gold and two silver medals at the 1998 Australian Age Championships and later that year at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
, at the age of 15, won her first international medal with third in the 400 metre individual medley.
At the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships
1999 FINA Short Course World Championships
The 4th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong from 1–4 April 1999.-50 m Freestyle:-100 m Freestyle:-200 m Freestyle:-400 m Freestyle:-1500 m Freestyle:-50 m Backstroke:-100 m Backstroke:...
in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
she finished fourth in final of the 400 metre individual medley. Later in August at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course event, was held in 1999 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 22–29 August...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
she was finished fifth in the same event.
In 2000, after now competing in three international meets, she continued her great form at Australian Age Championships picking up three gold and two silver medals. At the Australian Championships and Olympic Selection Trails she won the 400 metre individual medley beating both Rachel Harris
Rachel Harris
Rachel Harris is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
and Hayley Lewis
Hayley Lewis
Hayley Jane Lewis is a retired Australian swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze at the 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old....
home to qualify for first Olympics. At the 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...
itself, she finished eighth in the final.
At the 2001 Australian Age Championships she added another four gold and two silver medals. However, she did not perform as well at the 2001 FINA World Championships
2001 World Aquatics Championships
rightThe 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001....
in Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Fukuoka
is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
as she would have liked, finishing ninth in the 400 metre individual medley and eleventh in the 200 metre individual medley.
2002 was by far and away her best year to date. In April, at the FINA Short Course World Championships
2002 FINA Short Course World Championships
The 6th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from Wednesday April 3 till Sunday April 7, 2002. The event took place in the 25m-pool of the renovated Olympiiski-complex, which also hosted the swimming event at the 1980 Summer Olympics...
, she finished fifth in the 400 metre individual medley, eighth in 200 metre individual medley and 15th in 800 metre freestyle event. At the Australia Championships in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
she took out the 400 metre individual medley for the fourth consecutive year and for first time was crowned the Australian Champion in the 200 metre individual medley. In July, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, she won first gold medal in an international meet taking out the 400 metre individual medley in a time of 4 mins 43.59 sec. To complement this she also won silver the 200 metre individual medley and finished fourth in the 800 metre freestyle event. She backed this up in August, at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24–29. One world record was set over the six-day competition....
in Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
winning gold in the 400 metre individual medley in a time of 4 min 40.84 sec.
In April 2003 at the inaugural Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool
2003 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool
The inaugural edition of the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool took place on April 6, 2003, at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. The event pitted the United States' top swimmers against those of Australia....
in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
she won silver the 400 metre individual medley. At the 2003/2004 FINA Swimming World Cup
FINA Swimming World Cup
The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming...
event in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
she won the 400 metre individual medley. At the Australian Short Course Championships in Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
was took silver medal in both the 200 and the 400 individual medley. In July, at the 2003 FINA World Championships
2003 World Aquatics Championships
Barcelona, Spain was the host city of the X FINA World Aquatics Championships or the 10th FINA World Championships in Aquatics, which were held from July 12 until July 27, 2003....
she improved by one position on her result in 2001, finishing eighth in 400 metre individual medley.
At the 2004 Australian Championships and Olympic Selection Trails she won the 400 metre individual medley event for the sixth consecutive year and in process broke the broke Australian record in a time of 4 mins 40.71 sec. She also finished fourth in the 800 metre freestyle and seventh in the 200 metre individual medley. At the Olympics itself, she failed to make the final of 400 metre individual medley
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre individual medley
These are the results of the Women's 400 metre individual medley, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Records:-Medalists:-Heat 1:# 5:00.06# 5:01.00# 5:10.20-Heat 2:# 4:41.20 -Q...
, finishing 19th overall.
In March 2005, at the Australian Championships and World Championships Selection Trails, after qualifying fastest in the heats of 400 metre individual medley, she had to withdraw from the final meaning she was unable qualify for the 2005 FINA World Championships
2005 World Aquatics Championships
The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Lara Carroll
Lara Carroll
Lara Carroll is an Australian swimmer living in Perth, Australia.She attended Leeming Senior High School in the Suburb of Leeming....
was crowned the Australian Champion in the event, the first time in seven years that someone other than Reilly had won the event. In August, at the Australian Short Course Championships and World Short Course Championships Selection Trails in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, she finished behind Carroll to take silver in 400 metre individual medley. However, silver wasn't enough to make the squad for 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships
2006 FINA Short Course World Championships
The 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from April 5 to April 9, 2006.-Medal table:-Freestyle:-Backstroke:-Breaststroke:-Butterfly:-Individual Medley:-Relays:...
in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
.
In February 2006, at the Australian Championships and Commonwealth Games Selection Trails, Reilly claimed back her 400 metre individual medley national crown from Lara Carroll and in process earned the chance to defend her Commonwealth title. She also finished fourth in 200 metre individual medley and seventh in 200 metre breaststroke events. In March at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, 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...
, she was unable to retain her title as 400 metres individual medley
Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games - Women's 400 metres individual medley
-Final:The Women's 400 metres individual medley final was held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on the 21 March 2006 at 19:38 AEST.-Heats:...
Commonwealth Champion, touching the wall after Stephanie Rice
Stephanie Rice
Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane...
and Rebecca Cooke
Rebecca Cooke
Rebecca Cooke is a former British freestyle swimmer.She has won medals at every major international championships with the exception of the Olympic Games. She retired from international competition in April 2008 after failing to make the British team for the 2008 Games in Beijing.-References:...
. In August at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course event, was held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20. Six world records were tallied compared to one from the 2002 edition. This edition was slower than it would have been because of the...
in Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
she failed to the make the final of the 400 metres individual medley finishing 12th overall.
In December 2006, at the 2007 Australian Championships and World Championships Selection Trails in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Reilly took out, for the eighth time in nine years, the 400 metre individual medley event and in the process breaking her own national record by more than two seconds, stopping the clock at 4 mins 38.62 sec. This result also meant she qualified for the 2007 FINA World Championships
2007 World Aquatics Championships
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007...
to commence on 17 March 2007 in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...