Chelsea Mae Hodges OAM (born 27 June 2001) is a retired Australian swimmer.[2] She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
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| Full name | Chelsea Mae Hodges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 2001 Queensland, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Hodges was a semi-finalist in the Women's 100 metre breaststroke swimming the ninth fastest time (1:06.60) and just missing the final by 0.01 second.[4]
Hodges later swam the breaststroke leg of the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay for the gold medal winning Australian team. Hodges was up against American 100m breaststroke gold medalist Lydia Jacoby and despite being 1.65 seconds slower than Jacoby in the individual event Hodges posted a time of 1:05.57 in the final of the relay which was only 0.54 seconds slower than the American. Hodges' breaststroke leg kept the Australians within striking distance of the Americans and with Emma McKeon narrowing the gap Cate Campbell was able to touch the wall first ahead of American Abbey Weitzeil to win the gold medal for Australia.[5]
In the 2022 Australia Day Honours, Hodges was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.[6]
World records
editShort course metres
edit| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
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| 1 | 4x50 m medley relay[a] | 1:42.35 | 2022 World Championships (25 m) | Melbourne, Australia | 17 December 2022 | Current | [7] |
a split 29.11 (breaststroke leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (backstroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg), Madison Wilson (freestyle leg)
Olympic records
editLong course metres
edit| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Notes | Ref | |
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| 1 | 4x100 m medley relay[a] | 3:51.60 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 | Former | OC, NR | [8] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
a split 1:05.57 for breaststroke leg; with Kaylee McKeown (backstroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly), Cate Campbell (freestyle)
References
edit- ^ "Chelsea Hodges". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Chelsea Hodges". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Chelsea Hodges". FINA. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Australia Puts Exclamation Point On Superb Week". Swimming World. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Women's 4x50m Medley – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "4×100m medley relay final". FINA. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
External links
edit- Chelsea Hodges at World Aquatics
- Chelsea Hodges at SwimRankings.net
- Chelsea Hodges at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Chelsea Hodges at Olympics.com
- Chelsea Hodges at Olympedia
