Sophia Jane Edington is an Australia

Australia

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n backstroke

Backstroke

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 and freestyle 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...

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She trained at the Kingscliff

Kingscliff, New South Wales

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 ASC club under Greg Salter. After Greg took up an overseas coaching role Sophie moved to Queensland to train under the QAS program from the end of 2008. Sophie then moved to Melbourne at the end of 2010 where she now trains at MSAC.

Her partner Adam Byrnes

Adam Byrnes

Adam Byrnes is an International professional rugby union player. His position is lock. Byrnes played 2 seasons, 2005/06 & 2006/07, for the Heineken Cup Champion side Leinster in Ireland. Byrnes then made his Super Rugby debut for the Queensland Reds in 2009, and played there into 2010...

 is an international professional rugby union player for the Melbourne Rebels and Russia.

At the 2005 World Aquatics 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 Montréal

Montreal

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 she won two gold medals, with the backstroke leg in 4x100 m medley relay and as a heat swimmer in the 4x100 m freestyle.

She won three gold medals 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

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: 50 m and 100 m backstroke, and the 4 × 100 m medley relay in world record time of 3:56.30 s

Second

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 with teammates Leisel Jones

Leisel Jones

Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...

, Libby Lenton and Jessicah Schipper

Jessicah Schipper

Jessicah Lee Schipper OAM is an Australian swimmer. She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Schipper now trains under the guidance of Stephan Widmer with the Commercial Swimming Club...

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She is a former world record holder for the 50m backstroke, set at the 2008 Australian Olympic Trials. She was part of the relay team in 2004 that broke the World Record at the world short course championships.

Four years after winning 3 Gold medals at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Sophie was successful in defending the 50m Backstroke title to claim her 4th Commonwealth Gold medal at Delhi in 2010.

Sophie narrowly missed out on making the 2011 Australian World Championship team. She continues to train in Melbourne with her sights set on the 2012 London Olympics.

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