Libby Trickett

Libby Trickett

Personal information
Full name	Lisbeth Constance Trickett
Nationality	Australia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's Swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 50 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 100 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 2006 Melbourne 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 2006 Melbourne 4 × 100 m medley relay 2006 Melbourne 200 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 100 m butterfly World Championships 2005 Montreal 50 m freestyle 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m medley relay 2007 Melbourne 50 m freestyle 2007 Melbourne 100 m freestyle 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly 2007 Melbourne 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 2007 Melbourne 4 x 100 m medley relay 2005 Montreal 100 m butterfly 2005 Montreal 4 x 200 m freestyle relay 2003 Barcelona 50 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 4 x 100 m freestyle relay World Championships - Short Course 2004 Indianapolis 100 m freestyle 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 100 m medley relay 2006 Shanghai 50 m freestyle 2006 Shanghai 100 m freestyle 2006 Shanghai 100 m butterfly 2006 Shanghai 4 x 200 m freestyle relay 2006 Shanghai 4 x 100 m medley relay 2004 Indianapolis 50 m freestyle 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 200 m freestyle relay 2006 Shanghai 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 2004 Indianapolis 50 m butterfly 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 100 m freestyle relay

Lisbeth "Libby" Constance Trickett (née Lenton) OAM (born 28 January 1985, in Townsville, Queensland) is a member of the Australian Women's Olympic swim team, an Athens gold medalist, current holder of four world records, and former holder (with teammates Alice Mills, Petria Thomas, and Jodie Henry) of the world record in the women's 4 × 100 metre relay (with a time of 3:35.94).

Career

Trickett was also a bronze medalist in the Women's 50 metre Freestyle. She had previously been the holder of the 100 m Freestyle world record (53.66) set at the Olympic swimming Trials held in Sydney, Australia on 31 March 2004, but lost this to teammate Jodie Henry (53.52) during the semi finals of the event at the Athens Olympics.

However, Trickett regained her 100 m Freestyle World Record on January 31 2006 at the Australian Championships in Melbourne. Her time of 53.42 was 0.1 sec faster than the previous record held by Henry. On August 2, 2006, German swimmer Britta Steffen broke Trickett's 100 m Freestyle World Record at the 2006 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a time of 53.30. Trickett again regained the world record with a time of 52.88 on March 27 2008 at the 100 m Finals of the Australian Olympic Trials. She is the current 100 m Freestyle and 50 m Freestyle world record holder.

In July 2005, at the FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada, Trickett was one of the form swimmers of the meet. She won the 50 m freestyle in a time of 24.59 to record her maiden championship at international level. She also achieved a silver medal in the 100 m butterfly (57.37). She was a member of three relay teams, the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4 × 100 metre medley relay, and the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay teams, winning gold (3:37.22), gold (3:57.47) and silver (7:54.00) in the respective events. Fairly new to the 200 m freestyle event, Trickett recorded the fourth fastest time in history clocking 1:57.06 as lead-off swimmer in the final of the 4x200 m freestyle relay. The time being more than 1.5 seconds faster than the individual gold medallist Solenne Figues (1.58.60) (France). On returning to Australia, Trickett continued her rich vein of form, lowering the 100 m Short Course Freestyle World Record on consecutive nights at the Australian Short Course Championships to 51.70 s.

2005 brought a further world record in the short-course 200 m freestyle at the Sydney, Australia stop of the 2005 FINA World Cup series (Sydney - 19th November) with Trickett recording a time of 1:53.29 to beat the previous record by 0.75 seconds.

Trickett is coached Swiss-born Stephan Widmer at the Fortitude Valley Pool in Brisbane, and she now trains alongside current 100 m and 200 m breaststroke World Record Holder and World Champion Leisel Jones.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won silver medals in the Women's 200 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly events. She defeated Henry to claim the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, and was a part of the winning 4x200 m and 4x100 m freestyle relay teams, as well as breaking the world record in the 4x100 m medley relay, where her split of 52.87 s eclipsed the previous best by Henry. She took 5 of Australia's 12 gold medals in the 2006 Short Course Worlds in Shanghai, being named the leading female swimmer of the meet.

In the latter part of 2006, Trickett won four titles at the Australian Short Course Nationals - both the 50 m and 100 m freestyle and butterfly events. More commonly known for her freestyle expertise, demonstrated to the rest of the world that her talents in the butterfly arena are likewise to that of Trickett her freestyle capabilities - she set a new Australian and Commonwealth record in the 50 m butterfly and a new world record over the 100 m distance.

She was named as the 2005 Female Australian Swimmer of the Year.

On March 25, at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Trickett claimed Gold again. Combining with Shayne Reese, rookie Melanie Schlanger and great mate Jodie Henry, Trickett led the Australian 4x100 m freestyle relay team in a world championship record time of 3:35.48, ahead of the USA in 3:35.68 and the Netherlands in 3:36.81.

Australia could not have wished for a better start with Trickett finishing her 100 m split in 53.42 - a time that was under that of the first leg relay world record split.

On March 26, Trickett added another Gold by winning the women's 100 m butterfly in a championship record time - 57.15 seconds - touching the wall just 0.09 seconds ahead of her second-placed team-mate Jessicah Schipper and American Natalie Coughlin. Then, on April 1, she won another gold by an amazing nine one-hundredths of a second

Shortly following the 2007 Worlds, on April 3, at the biannual Duel in the Pool meet between Australia and the USA swimming teams (in Sydney, Australia in 2007), she swam a 100 m freestyle in 52.99, well under the existing World Record of 53.30 by Germany's Britta Steffen, and making her the first woman under 53 seconds in a long-course (50 m) pool. The time, while a valid swim, was not accepted by FINA as the World Record, because the race the time was swum in is not, itself, a recognized FINA event according to the ruling.

Trickett went on to officially break the record in a time of 52.88 s on March 27, 2008 in the 100 m Finals of the Australian Olympic Trials. Two days later on March 29, 2008 she broke the world record for the 50 m Freestyle Finals in the Australian Olympic Trials with a time of 23.97 s, taking 0.13 seconds off the previous record. Trickett is now the only woman in the history of swimming to have a time under 53 seconds for the 100 m freestyle event and under 24 seconds for the 50 m freestyle event.

Personal life

Trickett married swimmer Luke Trickett during the Easter of 2007 under tight security as she has sold the rights to an Australian magazine.

She changed to swimming under her married name at the Olympic selection trials for the Beijing Games.

Achievements

	EVENT	TIME	DATE	PLACE
Current Records held
WR	200 metres freestyle (SC)	1:53.29	2005-11-19	Sydney, Australia
WR	100 metres butterfly (SC)	55.95	2006-08-28	Hobart, Australia
WR	100 metres freestyle (LC)	52.88	2008-03-27	Sydney, Australia
WR	50 metres freestyle (LC)	23.97	2008-03-29	Sydney, Australia
OR	4x100 m freestyle relay	3:35.94	2004-08-18	Athens, Greece
GR	100 m freestyle	53.54	2006-03-18	Melbourne, Australia
GR	4x200 m freestyle relay	7:56.68	2006-03-18	Melbourne, Australia
WR	50 m freestyle	23.97	2006-03-20	Sydney, Australia
GR	4x100 m freestyle relay	3:36.49	2006-03-20	Melbourne, Australia
GR	4x100 m medley relay	3:56.30	2006-03-21	Melbourne, Australia
Olympic Games Medals
	4 x 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.94	2004-08-14	Athens, Greece
	50 m freestyle	24.91	2004-08-21	Athens, Greece
Commonwealth Games Medals
	100 m freestyle	53.54 (GR)	2006-03-18	Melbourne, Australia
	4 x 200 m freestyle relay	7:56.68 (GR)	2006-03-18	Melbourne, Australia
	50 m freestyle	24.61 (GR)	2006-03-20	Melbourne, Australia
	4 x 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.49 (GR)	2006-03-20	Melbourne, Australia
	4 x 100 m medley relay	3:56.30 (GR)	2006-03-21	Melbourne, Australia
	200 m freestyle	1:57.51	2006-03-16	Melbourne, Australia
	100 m butterfly	57.80	2006-03-19	Melbourne, Australia
WR = World Record | OR = Olympic Record | GR = Commomwealth Games Record | CR = World Championships Record

See also

• Commonwealth Games records in swimming

External links

• Libby Trickett at World Aquatics

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