Karen van Wirdum
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Full name | Karen Tracey van Wirdum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brisbane, Queensland | 9 April 1971||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Redcliffe Leagues SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karen Tracey van Wirdum (born 9 April 1971)[1] is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. She won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and in the 50-metre freestyle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
See also[]
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karen van Wirdum". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
Categories:
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Swimmers from Brisbane
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Australian female freestyle swimmers
- Australian swimming biography stubs