Elaine Breeden
Personal information
Full nameElaine Breeden Penrose
National team United States
Born (1988-11-18) November 18, 1988
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubStanford Swimming
College teamStanford University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2006 Shanghai 4x100 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara 100 m butterfly
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok 4x100 m medley

Elaine Breeden Penrose (born November 18, 1988), née Elaine Breeden, is an American competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist.

Breeden qualified to compete in the 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly events at the 2008 Summer Olympics by placing second and first, respectively, in those events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, she advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100-meter butterfly, and finished seventh in the final of the women's 200-meter butterfly. She earned a silver medal by swimming for the second-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay.[1][2]

Breeden attended Stanford University, and swam for the Stanford Cardinal women's swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2007 to 2010. As a college swimmer, she was a three-time NCAA national champion in the 200-yard butterfly (2007, 2009, 2010), as well as the NCAA champion in the 100-yard butterfly (2010). She received a total of 24 All-American honors.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Start ListWomen's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 1". Archived from the original on August 18, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elaine Breeden". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
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