Rhi Jeffrey
American swimmer (born 1986)
Rhiannon Jeffrey (born October 25, 1986[ 2] ) is a former[ 3] American swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics .
Swimming career
Jeffrey began swimming at the age of six,[ 3] and won eight Florida state titles while in high school at Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach, Florida . She was named state swimmer of the year four years in a row by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel .[ 4] In 2003, for her senior year at Atlantic, she was joined on the swim team by her younger sister Kirstie.[ 4]
Jeffrey's first taste of international success was at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships where she swam on the U.S. 4x100 freestyle relay team that took a silver medal.[ 2] While still a senior in high school, she won two gold medals in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships ; swimming as part of the U.S. teams in both the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays.[ 5]
Jeffrey was highly recruited,[ 6] and chose to go across the country to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles .[ 2] Just two weeks before the 2004 United States Olympic Trials , Jeffrey was hospitalized with an abscessed tonsil;[ 3] she recovered in time to take 4th place in the 200 metre freestyle at the competition, and earn a spot on the 4x200 metre relay team in Athens.[ 2] In Athens she swam in the preliminary heats of the 4x200 freestyle relay , and when the U.S. team won the final, she was awarded a gold medal.[ 2]
Retirement
In 2007, Jeffrey left USC and gave up swimming four months before the U.S. Olympic Trials for the 2008 Summer Olympics .[ 3] She relocated to Salem, Massachusetts , and took a job with Apple Inc . Jeffrey is currently the head swim coach for the Atlantis Aquatics swim team in Portsmouth, NH. https://www.teamunify.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=176697&team=necsc [ 3]
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Qualification Men's team Women's team Coaches
1973 : Kornelia Ender , Andrea Eife , Andrea Hübner , Sylvia Eichner (GDR)
1975 : Kornelia Ender , Barbara Krause , Claudia Hempel , Ute Brückner (GDR)
1978 : Tracy Caulkins , Stephanie Elkins , Jill Sterkel , Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
1982 : Birgit Meineke , Susanne Link , Kristin Otto , Caren Metschuck (GDR)
1986 : Kristin Otto , Manuela Stellmach , Sabina Schulze , Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1991 : Nicole Haislett , Julie Cooper , Whitney Hedgepeth , Jenny Thompson (USA)
1994 : Le Jingyi , Shan Ying , Le Ying , Lü Bin (CHN)
1998 : Lindsay Farella , Amy Van Dyken , Barbara Bedford , Jenny Thompson (USA)
2001 : Petra Dallmann , Antje Buschschulte , Katrin Meissner , Sandra Völker (GER)
2003 : Natalie Coughlin , Lindsay Benko , Rhi Jeffrey , Jenny Thompson (USA)
2005 : Jodie Henry , Alice Mills , Shayne Reese , Libby Trickett (AUS)
2007 : Libby Trickett , Melanie Schlanger , Shayne Reese , Jodie Henry (AUS)
2009 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
2011 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Marleen Veldhuis , Femke Heemskerk (NED)
2013 : Missy Franklin , Natalie Coughlin , Shannon Vreeland , Megan Romano (USA)
2015 : Emily Seebohm , Emma McKeon , Bronte Campbell , Cate Campbell (AUS)
2017 : Mallory Comerford , Kelsi Dahlia , Katie Ledecky , Simone Manuel (USA)
2019 : Bronte Campbell , Brianna Throssell , Emma McKeon , Cate Campbell (AUS)
2022 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Madison Wilson , Meg Harris , Shayna Jack (AUS)
2023 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Shayna Jack , Meg Harris , Emma McKeon (AUS)
2024 : Kim Busch , Janna van Kooten , Kira Toussaint , Marrit Steenbergen (NED)
1986 : Manuela Stellmach , Astrid Strauss , Nadja Bergknecht , Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1991 : Kerstin Kielgass , Manuela Stellmach , Dagmar Hase , Stephanie Ortwig (GER)
1994 : Le Ying , Yang Aihua , Zhou Guanbin , Lü Bin (CHN)
1998 : Franziska van Almsick , Dagmar Hase , Silvia Szalai , Kerstin Kielgass (GER)
2001 : Nicola Jackson , Janine Belton , Karen Legg , Karen Pickering (GBR)
2003 : Lindsay Benko , Rachel Komisarz , Rhi Jeffrey , Diana Munz (USA)
2005 : Natalie Coughlin , Katie Hoff , Whitney Myers , Kaitlin Sandeno (USA)
2007 : Natalie Coughlin , Dana Vollmer , Lacey Nymeyer , Katie Hoff (USA)
2009 : Yang Yu , Zhu Qianwei , Liu Jing , Pang Jiaying (CHN)
2011 : Missy Franklin , Dagny Knutson , Katie Hoff , Allison Schmitt (USA)
2013 : Katie Ledecky , Shannon Vreeland , Karlee Bispo , Missy Franklin (USA)
2015 : Missy Franklin , Leah Smith , Katie McLaughlin , Katie Ledecky (USA)
2017 : Leah Smith , Mallory Comerford , Melanie Margalis , Katie Ledecky (USA)
2019 : Ariarne Titmus , Madison Wilson , Brianna Throssell , Emma McKeon (AUS)
2022 : Claire Weinstein , Leah Smith , Katie Ledecky , Bella Sims (USA)
2023 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Shayna Jack , Brianna Throssell , Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
2024 : Ai Yanhan , Gong Zhenqi , Li Bingjie , Yang Peiqi (CHN)