Rebecca Adlington (born February 17, 1989 in Mansfield, England) is an English freestyle swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. She attended the Brunts School in Mansfield.
Adlington is representing Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 m, 800 m freestyle and 4×200 m freestyle relay swimming events. In the heats of the 400 m freestyle, she broke the Commonwealth record with a time of 4:02:24. On 11 August 2008 she won an Olympic gold medal in the same event, with a time of 4:03.22. She was the first woman to win swimming gold for Great Britain since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960
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