Leiston Pickett
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Full name | Leiston Jane Pickett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Lei" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Gold Coast, Queensland | 8 February 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Southport Olympic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Glenn Baker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leiston Jane Pickett (born 8 February 1992) is an Australian Commonwealth Games gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Pickett won the 50-metre breaststroke ahead of fellow Australian Leisel Jones.[3] She attended A.B. Paterson College and graduated in 2009.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Leiston Pickett". commonwealthgames.com.au. 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Leiston Pickett". results.gc2018.com. 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Rookie Leiston Pickett outsprints her childhood hero". The Australian. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ "AB Paterson College". Abpat.qld.edu.au. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
External links[]
- Leiston Pickett on Twitter
- Leiston Pickett at Swimming Australia (archive)
- Leiston Pickett at FINA
- Leiston Pickett at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Leiston Pickett at Olympics.com
- Leiston Pickett at Olympic.org (archived)
- Leiston Pickett at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Leiston Pickett at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Australian female breaststroke swimmers
- Commercial Swimming Club swimmers
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Living people
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Universiade silver medalists for Australia
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade