Casey Redford

Casey Redford (born 10 September 1982) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. A Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, she won three gold medals at the 1999 FESPIC Games, and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in the Women's 100 m backstroke S9 event.

Casey Redford
Action shot of Redford swimming in the 200 m medley SM9 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born10 September 1982
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Women's 100 m backstroke S9

Personal

Redford was born in Melbourne on 10 September 1982,[1] and was educated at Mentone Girls' Secondary College.[2]

Competitive swimming

Redford was a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[3] She competed in the 1998 Australian Swimming Open, representing the Haileybury Waterlion Swimming Club. She competed in the Open 100 m Breaststroke, where she made the finals. She also competed in the Open 100 m Breaststroke, Open 100 m Freestyle, Open 50 m Backstroke and Open 50 m Butterfly, but did not get past the heats. However, she did set a club records for 15-year-olds in the 50 m freestyle (LC) category with a time of 35.08 seconds,[4] in the butterfly event with a personal best with a time of 40.06 seconds,[5] and in the 100 m freestyle event with a time of 1:19.19.[6]

Redford competed at the 1999 FESPIC Games in Thailand, where she won a gold medal in the women's 100m freestyle event, a gold medal in the women's 100m backstroke event, and a gold medal in the women's 200 m individual medley event.[1] On 3 June 2000, Redford set an age group record for 17-year-olds in the 100 m breaststroke event in the SB9 class at a meet in Sheffield, Victoria with a time of 1:35.53.[7] She went on to win a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in the women's 100 m backstroke S9 event,[8] with a time of 1:20.02.[9] She also competed in the 200 m individual medley S9 and 100 m breaststroke S9 events, but did not qualify for the finals.[10] In 2001, she competed in the Victorian Swim Championships, coming first in the Multidisability Women's 50 m backstroke event.[11]

Recognition

In 2000, Redford was named on the Victorian School Sports Awards Honour Roll.[2]

References
  1. Australian Paralympic Committee (5 December 2000). "APC: Athlete's Profile". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 December 2000. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. "Victorian School Sports Awards Honour Roll" (PDF). Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. 12 March 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  3. Victorian Institute of Sport (21 August 2002). "Australian Paralympic team". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 February 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. "WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 50m Freestyle". Western Australia Swimming. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. "WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 50m Butterfly". Western Australia Swimming. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  6. "WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 100m Freestyle". Western Australia Swimming. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  7. "Long Course Australian Swimming Records" (PDF). Adelaide, South Australia: Blind Sports South Australia. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  8. "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  9. "Paralympic results". NZ Herald. 29 October 2000. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  10. "Australian Paralympic Team". Sydney, Australia: Australian Sport Commission. 2001. Archived from the original on 29 March 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "Victorian Swimming Championships - Day 1". Europe: Insweep. 2 January 2001. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
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