Sophie Edington

Sophie Edington

Personal information
Full name	Sophie Jane Edington
Nickname(s)	"Soph"
National team	Australia
Born	(1984-12-12) 12 December 1984 Loxton, South Australia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, freestyle
Club	Kingscliff SC Melbourne Vicentre
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia World Championships (LC) 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m medley 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle 2004 Indianapolis 50 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 100 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 50 m backstroke Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 50 m backstroke 2006 Melbourne 100 m backstroke 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2010 Delhi 50 m backstroke

Sophie Jane Edington (born 12 December 1984) is an Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer.

Biography

Edington trained at the Kingscliff ASC club under Greg Salter. After Salter took up an overseas coaching role Edington moved to Queensland to train under the QAS program from the end of 2008. She then moved to Melbourne at the end of 2010 where she trained at MSAC. At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal she won two gold medals, with the backstroke leg in 4×100-metre medley relay, and as a heat swimmer in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She won three gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne: 50-metre and 100-metre backstroke, and the 4×100-metre medley relay in world record time of 3:56.30 seconds with teammates Leisel Jones, Libby Lenton and Jessicah Schipper. Edington is a former world record holder for the 50-metre 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 three gold medals at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Edington was successful in defending the 50m backstroke title to claim her fourth Commonwealth gold medal at Delhi in 2010.

After narrowly missing the 2012 Olympic team, Edington competed in the European summer circuit prior to working with Channel 7 News during the London Games. Edington lived in Switzerland and worked at the International Olympic Committee.

See also

• Commonwealth Games records in swimming
• World record progression 50 metres backstroke
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

External links

• Sophie Edington on Twitter

Records
Preceded by Emily Seebohm	Women's 50 metre backstroke world record-holder (long course) 23 March 2008 – 9 April 2009	Succeeded by shared between Sophie Edington & Zhao Jing
Preceded by Sophie Edington & Zhao Jing	Women's 50 metre backstroke world record-holder (long course) 9 April 2009 – 26 June 2009	Succeeded by Daniela Samulski
Preceded by Giaan Rooney Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Jodie Henry	Women's 4 x 100 metres medley relay world record-holder (long course) 21 March 2004 – 31 March 2007 Sophie Edington Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton	Succeeded by Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton
Sporting positions
Preceded by Tara Kirk	Mare Nostrum Tour Overall Winner 2008	Succeeded by Anastasia Zuyeva

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