Rebecca Adlington
Rebecca Adlington was born on February 17, 1989. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Rebecca Adlington
Rebecca Adlington (born 17 February 1989) is an English former competitive swimmer who raced in freestyle events. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle events, breaking the 19-year-old world record of Janet Evans in the latter. Adlington was Great Britain's first Olympic swimming champion since 1988, and the first British swimmer to win multiple Olympic gold medals at a single Games since 1908. After winning her first World Championship gold over 800 m in 2011, along with silver in the 400 m freestyle at the same competition, she won bronze medals in both the 400 m and 800 m freestyle events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Adlington has won gold medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. On 5 February 2013, she retired from competitive swimming at the age of 23, and in 2016, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Since her retirement, Adlington has worked for the BBC as a pundit at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as making various other media appearances.