Jennifer Fratesi
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| Full name | Jennifer Fratesi | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||||
| Born |
April 20, 1984 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly | ||||||||||||
| Club | Region of Waterloo Swim Club, Kitchener-Waterloo Swimming Centre | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jennifer Fratesi (born April 20, 1984) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who specialized in backstroke events.[1] Fratesi set a Canadian record of 2:11.16 in the 200-metre backstroke at the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, but lost a bronze medal by 0.11 of a second to Great Britain's Joanna Fargus.[2] Fratesi was a member of Kitchener-Waterloo National Swimming Centre, and she was coached and trained by Richard Buwaj.[3]
Fratesi qualified for the women's 200-metre backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by attaining an A-standard entry time of 2:12.36 from the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4][5] In the morning's preliminary heats, Fratesi recorded the sixth fastest time of 2:13.00 to advance to the semifinals. On the evening session, she missed out of the next day's final by two hundredths of a second (0.02) behind British swimmer and world champion Katy Sexton, lowering her Olympic time to 2:12.64.[6] Fratesi also teamed up with Erin Gammel, Lauren van Oosten and Brittany Reimer for the women's 4x100-metre medley relay. Swimming the butterfly third leg, Fratesi recorded a time of 1:01.60, and the Canadian team went on to finish the second heat in sixth place, in a total time of 4:09.84.[7]
References
- ↑ "Jennifer Fratesi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ↑ Lord, Craig (July 26, 2001). "Ho-Hum: Four Olympic Champs Triumph in Fukuoka". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ↑ Pascal, Randy (February 7, 2005). "Laurentian Swim Club back in the spotlight". Sudbury Sports. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Phelps sets two more world swimming records". USA Today. July 25, 2003. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Backstroke Semifinal 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. August 19, 2004. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. August 20, 2004. Retrieved January 31, 2013.