Rebecca Adlington

What stays with me about Rebecca Adlington isn't just the double Olympic gold in Beijing, but that she shattered Janet Evans' 800m world record that had stood for nineteen years. That kind of mark doesn't fall by accident; it falls because someone refuses to accept it as permanent. I admire athletes who treat history as something to be rewritten rather than respected from a distance. Coming out of Mansfield to do it makes the story feel grounded and human. Beyond the medals, she's stayed close to the water, and I get the sense her love of swimming always outweighed the scoreboard. A genuinely likeable champion.

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Name (English)

Rebecca Adlington

Name (Japanese)

レベッカ・アドリントン

Reading

れべっか・あどりんとん

Born

February 17, 1989 (age 37)

Origin

Mansfield, United Kingdom

Height

179 cm

Occupation

swimmer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• 2009 Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year

• Official sitehttps://www.rebeccaadlington.co.uk/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/beckadlington/
• Xhttps://x.com/beckadlington
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca%20Adlington
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49287

Tags

• swimmer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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