Nicola Kennedy

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Nicola Kennedy (born 20 August 1969), also known by her married name Nicola Goodwin, is a former England and Great Britain butterfly and freestyle swimmer.

Nicola Kennedy
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1969-08-20) 20 August 1969 (age 52)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubAvon Neptunes, Nova Centurion
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sheffield 4 x 100 medley

Swimming career[]

Nicola represented Great Britain at the European Swimming Championships in Sheffield in 1991 where she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100m medley relay alongside Karen Pickering, Kathy Osher and Jaime King.[1]

She was captain of the swimming team at the World Student Games in 1991, coming 6th in the 50m free and the only female swimming finalist.[2]

National championships[]

She was the British Swimming Champion for the Women’s 50m Free in 1987 (Crystal Palace) when she was aged 18.[3]

Nicola was also the British Swimming Champion for the Women’s 50m Fly in 1991 (Leeds).[4] In this year she was also part of the winning Nova Centurion team in the Women’s 4x100m freestyle team and the Women’s 4x100m Medley relay team. She was also runner up in the Women’s 100m Fly in 1991 (Leeds), 1993 (Sheffield) and 1994 (Crystal Palace)[5][6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ , Wikipedia, 2020-11-08, retrieved 2021-04-14
  2. ^ Kennedy, Nicola (1991). "1991 World University Games Results" (PDF). USA Swimming.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ , Wikipedia, 2020-11-02, retrieved 2021-04-14
  4. ^ , Wikipedia, 2020-11-02, retrieved 2021-04-14
  5. ^ "Results from Leeds". The Times. 1991-08-05. p. 30. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  6. ^ "For the Record". The Times. 1993-06-14. p. 24. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  7. ^ "For the Record". The Times. 1994-08-01. p. 23. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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