Georgia Bohl
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Nickname(s) | Georgie | |||||||||||||
National team | Australia | |||||||||||||
Born | [1] Auchenflower, Queensland[2] | 11 April 1997|||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||
Club | St Peters Western[2] | |||||||||||||
Coach | Michael Bohl[2] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Georgia Bohl (born 11 April 1997) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. In 2016, she qualified for her first Olympic Games.
Career[]
In November 2015, at the , Bohl, aged 18, won her first national title in the 100 metre breaststroke with the fourth fastest time ever by an Australian: 1:04.65.[3][4] On the final night of the meet, she took out her second title in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 30.03 seconds.[5][6] In the 200 metre event, she won the bronze medal, finishing behind Sally Hunter and Taylor McKeown.[7][8] The final meet of the event saw Bohl and her St Peters Western teammates Madison Wilson, Madeline Groves, Bronte Barratt take out the 4 × 100 metre medley club relay in a new all-comers, club record and championship record time of 3:55.38.[9]
Off the back these results, Bohl was named in the 2016 Perth Aquatic Super Series Roster in December.[10] At the Super Series event contested between the Australians, Japan and China in February 2016, Bohl finished second in both the 100[11] and 200 breaststroke events,[12] clocking a personal best time of 1:06.63 in 100.[13] In the 4 × 50 metre medley relay, Bohl with Emily Seebohm, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell won gold in 1:48.50.[14][15]
In April 2016, at the national championships she won her first long course national title in the 100 metre breaststroke event.[16] Setting a new personal best time of 1:06.12, she easily swam under the required time of 1:07.11 to qualify for her first Olympics.[17] She also won the 50 metre breaststroke, a non-Olympic event, in 30.58 seconds[18] ��� the second fastest time of 2016.[19] In the 200 metre breaststroke, she finished second behind Taylor McKeown in 2:23.95, narrowly missing the qualifying time by 0.89 seconds.[20][21] To finish the meet, the St Peters Western foursome of Wilson, Bohl, Groves and McKeon won the 4 × 100 metre medley club relay in new club record time of 3:57.34.[22][23]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Bohl represented Australia in both the 100m breastroke & 4x100m medley relay.[24]
Personal life[]
Coached by her father Michael Bohl at the St Peter Western club since 2010, she attended Wilston State School and St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Profile of Georgia Bohl". Engine Swim. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Profile of Georgia Bohl". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 100 metre breaststroke final at the 2015 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Emily Seebohm just a touch away from world record in 200m backstroke". Swimming Australia. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 50 metre breaststroke final at the 2015 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Surprise 100m freestyle world record for Campbell". AOC. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 200 metre breaststroke final at the 2015 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ DeSantis, Chris (27 November 2015). "Larkin sets WR on Australian short course night 3 finals". swimswam. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 4 × 100 metre medley club relay at the 2015 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Carroll, Tony (17 December 2015). "Swimming Australia names 2016 Aquatic Super Series roster". swimswam. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Perth Aquatic Super Series". Swimming Australia. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Perth Aquatic Super Series". Swimming Australia. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "McEvoy: Third fastest time swum in 3 years". Swimming Australia. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay at the 2016 Perth Aquatic Super Series". Swimming Australia. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "McEvoy named Male Swimmer of the Meet". Swimming Australia. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 100 metre breaststroke final at the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Lord, Criag (9 April 2016). "Its Seebohm & Wilson in 5-go-sub-minute thriller; McEvoy, Fraser-Holmes share gold". swimvortex.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 50 metre breaststroke final at the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Marsteller, Jason (13 April 2016). "Georgia Bohl posts 2nd-best 50 breast of year 30.58". Swimming World. Sports Publications International. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 200 metre breaststroke final at the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Grace, Jeff (12 April 2016). "Australian Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap". swimswam. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Results of the women's 4 × 100 metre medley club relay at the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "34-strong team selected for Rio". Swimming Australia. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team selected". Australian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links[]
- 1997 births
- Australian female breaststroke swimmers
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers from Brisbane