Brown gained national exposure in March 1994 when, at 16 years of age, she broke Anita Nall's 200-metre breaststroke world record by 0.59 seconds in Brisbane. In the aftermath of that swim, she was feted as Australia's newest teen swimming sensation.[2]
However, the chance to swim at a home Olympic Games was too good an opportunity pass up. So, Brown made a pact with her then fiancé, now husband, medley swimmer Zane King that they would put everything into making the team for Sydney. For Brown this meant moving to Melbourne to link up with her former coach, Michael Piper leaving the Australian Institute of Sport-based King behind.
She was in good form leading up to the Olympics trails taking the gold in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships as well as 4th in the 100-metre breaststroke and 5th in the 50-metre breaststroke.
In May 2000, she secured her place in the Olympic squad with a 2:28.98-minute second place in the 200-metre breaststroke trail final. At the Olympics itself she failed to make to the final, finishing 7th in her semi-final and 14th overall in a time of 2:29.90 mins.[3]
At the conclusion of the Games, she announced her retirement and in November 2005 she gave birth to her first child, Indiana Rose King.[4]
rebecca, brown, swimmer, rebecca, kate, brown, born, 1977, brisbane, queensland, former, australian, breaststroke, swimmer, rebecca, brownpersonal, informationfull, namerebecca, kate, brownnationality, australiaborn, 1977, 1977, brisbane, australiaheight1, wei. Rebecca Kate Brown born 8 May 1977 in Brisbane Queensland is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer Rebecca BrownPersonal informationFull nameRebecca Kate BrownNationality AustraliaBorn 1977 05 08 8 May 1977 age 46 Brisbane AustraliaHeight1 77 m 5 ft 10 in Weight62 kg 137 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesBreaststrokeMedal record Women s swimming Representing Australia World Championships SC 2000 Athens 1 200 m breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships 1993 Kobe 200 m breaststroke Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 100 m breaststroke 1994 Victoria 200 m breaststroke Brown gained national exposure in March 1994 when at 16 years of age she broke Anita Nall s 200 metre breaststroke world record by 0 59 seconds in Brisbane In the aftermath of that swim she was feted as Australia s newest teen swimming sensation 2 However at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria Canada she lost out to Samantha Riley in both the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke events Failing to qualify for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia and the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Brown announced her retirement from competitive swimming However the chance to swim at a home Olympic Games was too good an opportunity pass up So Brown made a pact with her then fiance now husband medley swimmer Zane King that they would put everything into making the team for Sydney For Brown this meant moving to Melbourne to link up with her former coach Michael Piper leaving the Australian Institute of Sport based King behind She was in good form leading up to the Olympics trails taking the gold in the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships as well as 4th in the 100 metre breaststroke and 5th in the 50 metre breaststroke In May 2000 she secured her place in the Olympic squad with a 2 28 98 minute second place in the 200 metre breaststroke trail final At the Olympics itself she failed to make to the final finishing 7th in her semi final and 14th overall in a time of 2 29 90 mins 3 At the conclusion of the Games she announced her retirement and in November 2005 she gave birth to her first child Indiana Rose King 4 See also editWorld record progression 200 metres breaststrokeReferences edit 5th FINA World Swimming Championships Archived from the original on 18 December 2007 Retrieved 24 July 2007 Rebecca Brown profile ABC Online News Retrieved 10 March 2007 Sports Reference profile Sports Reference 2014 Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 23 March 2014 Pine Sasha December 2005 AIS Swimming Mum call it a day after 23 years eSwimmer Archived from the original on 2 September 2007 Retrieved 10 March 2007 External links editRebecca Brown at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Rebecca Brown at Olympics com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rebecca Brown swimmer amp oldid 1221108340, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
