Name: Rebecca Adlington
Nickname: Becky
Date of birth: 17 February 1986
Country: Mansfield, Great Britain
Rebecca Adlington won two gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, in the 400m and 800m freestyle swimming events. In winning two golds in the pool Rebecca became the first British woman to win gold for Great Britain since Anita Lonsborough-Porter in 1960. She also broke the 800m World Record which had stood since 1989, the year she was born.
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