Linda Hanel

Linda Hanel (born 17 October 1961) is an Australian former champion swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal - the 100-metre Women's Butterfly (12th position), the 200-metre Women's Butterfly (12th position) and the 4x100-metre Women's Medley Relay (8th position).[1][2] At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, Hanel set a Games record in her qualifying heat, with a time of 2:14.54.[3] She went on to win a bronze medal in both the Women's 100-metre Butterfly and the 200-metre Butterfly.[4] In her home state of Victoria, she held the record for the 200-metre open butterfly for nearly 26 years, with a time of 2:12.12.[5]

Linda Hanel
Personal information
Born (1961-10-17) 17 October 1961
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton 200 m butterfly

Hanel won gold at the 1979 Spartaklad Games in Moscow in the 100-metre Butterfly event, crediting her friend, fellow Olympic swimmer Michelle Ford, for her success.[6] She withdrew from the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to illness.[7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Linda Hanel Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. "Linda Lepore". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. Shallhorn, Deborah (8 August 1978). "Smith toasts 4th gold with juice". Globe and Mail.
  4. "Athletes". FINA.
  5. Paxinos, Stathi (4 January 2006). "Klim upstaged, but unfazed". The Age.
  6. "Gold to Linda". No. 7 August 1979. Bulletin.
  7. Hanson, Ian (24 July 2020). "The Michelle Ford story, Part One". Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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