Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir (born March 23, 1990, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] She represented her nation Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has held multiple Icelandic championship titles and national records in the women's freestyle (100, 200, and 400 m). Sverrisdottir is also a member of the swimming team for the Arkansas Razorbacks, while pursuing her studies at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir |
| National team |  Iceland |
| Born | 23 March 1990 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| College team | University of Arkansas (U.S.) |
Sverrisdottir competed for Iceland in the women's 200 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she scored a time of 2:03.35 to beat the insurmountable FINA B-cut (2:03.50) by 0.15 of a second at the Mare Nostrum Monte Carlo Swim Meet in Monaco.[3] Swimming on the outside lane in heat one, Sverrisdottir touched with a 2:04.82 to round out a six-strong field to last place, but was unable to hold off the fast-charging Croatian swimmer Anja Trišić, who finished ahead of her by more than a second on a late surge, at the final turn. Sverrisdottir failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.[4]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Sigrún Brá keppir í USA og setur Íslandsmet" [Sigrún Brá swims in the United States and sets an Icelandic record] (in Icelandic). Ægir.is. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 54. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Swimming: Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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