Emily Seebohm


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Birth date
Age
05/06/1992 - Ashford (AUS) 
20
Height
Weight
Gender
180 cm / 5'11" 
70 kg / 154 lbs 
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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
14 x 100m Medley Relay2008Beijing, CHN3:52.69
Semifinal100m Backstroke2008Beijing, CHN1:00.31
World Championships
14 x 100m Medley Relay2007Melbourne, VIC, AUS3:55.74
24 x 100m Medley Relay2009Rome, ITA3:52.58
3100m Backstroke2009Rome, ITA58.88
4100m Backstroke2011Shanghai, CHN59.21
550m Backstroke2011Shanghai, CHN28.07
750m Backstroke2009Rome, ITA27.83
Semifinal200m Individual Medley2009Rome, ITA2:12.88
Pan Pacific Championships
1100m Backstroke2010Irvine, CA, USA59.45
1200m Individual Medley2010Irvine, CA, USA2:09.93
2100m Freestyle2010Irvine, CA, USA53.96
250m Butterfly2010Irvine, CA, USA26.08
24 x 100m Freestyle Relay2010Irvine, CA, USA3:38.06
24 x 100m Medley Relay2010Irvine, CA, USA3:56.96

Nickname

C-Bomb (swimming.org.au, 01 May 2011)

Hobbies

Playing netball, gymnastics, boxing, surf lifesaving and football. (swimming.org.au, 01 May 2011)

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Brothers Swimming Club, Brisbane, QLD, AUS

Coach

Matthew Brown (AUS) from 2003 (olympics.com.au, 26 Mar 2012)

Other sports

Her father John Seebohm played over 300 games of Australian rules football for Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League [SANFL]. Her mother Karen was a netball player and swimming coach. Her cousin Shannon Seebohm plays basketball in Australia's National Basketball League [NBL]. (smh.com.au, 27 Jan 2008, swimming.org.au, 01 May 2011)

Debut

2007 for Australia, World Championships (Melbourne, VIC) (Swimming Australia, 14 Jul 2010)

Injuries

Suffering from the effects of swine flu, she collapsed after competing in the 100m backstroke final at the 2011 Australian Championships. "I couldn't remember too much apart from being on the ground and I had a massive headache and I had an oxygen mask on me." Later in 2011 she also suffered from tonsillitis, bronchitis and pancreatitis. (dailytelegraph.com.au, 04 Apr 2011; news.bbc.co.uk, 14 Feb 2012)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She was introduced to the water before she could walk and began competing at age five. (Queensland Academy of Sport, 18 Aug 2009)

Reason for taking up this sport
Her mother Karen was a swimming teacher. (Swimming Australia, 01 May 2011)

Ambitions
To win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games. (news.bbc.co.uk, 14 Feb 2012)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning eight medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (olympics.com.au, 26 Mar 2012)

Hero
Australian rugby league player Billy Slater and Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill. (swimming.org.au, 01 May 2011)

Most influential person in career
Coach Matthew Brown and her parents. (swimming.org.au, 01 May 2011)

Superstitions / Rituals
Putting her swimming cap on back to front. (Swimming Australia, 01 May 2011)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Be the best you can be." (swimming.org.au, 01 May 2011)

Awards
She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM] in 2009 for services to sport. (ABC News, 27 Jan 2009)

She was a member of the Australian women's 4x100m medley relay team that set a world record at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (olympics.com.au, 26 Mar 2012)

General
DELHI HAUL
She won eight medals [three gold, two silver, three bronze] from eight events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the most medals won by an Australian at a single edition of the Games since Susie O'Neill won eight medals in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. She raced 18 times over six days. (theaustralian.com.au, 10 Oct 2010)

POTENTIAL
After a number of years training at the Brothers club at Nudgee College in Brisbane, coach Matthew Brown noticed something special about her and got the feeling that with a bit of work she could go a long way. "As an 11-year-old she came up into the bottom of the senior programme and showed straight away that she had the ability to be very quick. Very rough, but very quick." (News, 07 Dec 2006)

FROM ADELAIDE TO BRISBANE
At age three her family moved from Adelaide to Brisbane so her mother Karen, a competent open water swimmer, could pursue a coaching career in a city with more swimming clubs. (The Sunday Age, 18 Mar 2007)

TATTOOS
She has a tattoo of the Olympics rings at the top of her back. She also has a star tattooed on her ankle and the Latin word for breathe on her wrist. (olympics.com.au, 26 Mar 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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