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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Rebecca Adlington<br /><small>[[Order o the Breetish Empire|OBE]]</small>
| image = Becky Adlington2012 Olympic Parade.jpg
| image_size = 175
| alt =
| caption = Adlington in [[Our Greatest Team Parade]]
| fullname = Rebecca Adlington
| nicknames = "Becky"
| national_team = {{GBR2}}
| strokes = [[Freestyle soummin|Freestyle]]
| club = Nova Centurion
| coach = Bill Furniss
| retired = 2015
| collegeteam =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|2|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mansfield|Mansfield, Ingland]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="London2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/adlington-rebecca-1062467 |title=Rebecca Adlington's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site |publisher=London2012.com |accessdate=22 April 2014}}</ref>
| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}<ref name="London2012" />
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Weemen's soummin}}
{{MedalCountry |{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCount
|[[Simmer Olympics|Olympic Gemmes]]|2|0|2
|[[:en:World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]|1|1|2
|[[:en:FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|Warld Championships (SC)]]|1|1|0
|[[:en:LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]|1|1|1
|[[Commonweal Gemmes]]|2|0|2
|'''Total'''|'''7'''|'''3'''|'''7'''
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Soummin at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Gemmes]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Simmer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Soummin at the 2008 Simmer Olympics – Weemen's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|[[Soummin at the 2008 Simmer Olympics – Weemen's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 Simmer Olympics|2012 Lunnon]]|[[Soummin at the 2012 Simmer Olympics – Weemen's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 London|[[Soummin at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Weemen's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[:en:FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[:en:Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]]|[[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Shanghai|[[:en:Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[:en:Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Roum]]|[[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Rome|[[:en:Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[:en:FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[:en:2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|2008 Manchester]]|800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Manchester|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[:en:LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[:en:2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 Budapest]] |400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|[[:en:2006 European Aquatics Championships|2006 Budapest]]|800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Budapest| 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[:en:Swimming at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[:en:2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[:en:[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Delhi|[[:en:Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Delhi|[[:en:Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Delhi|[[:en:Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
}}
'''Rebecca Adlington''', [[Order o the Breetish Empire|OBE]] (born 17 Februar 1989) is a Inglis umwhile competitive [[soummin (sport)|soummer]] who specialisit in [[freestyle soummin|freestyle]] events in internaitional competeetion. She wan twa gowd medals at the [[2008 Olympic Gemmes]] in the [[Soummin at the 2008 Simmer Olympics – Weemen's 400 metre freestyle|400-metre freestyle]] an [[Soummin at the 2008 Simmer Olympics – Weemen's 800 metre freestyle|800-metre freestyle]], breakin the 19-year-auld warld record o [[Janet Evans]] in the 800-metre feenal. Adlington wis Breetain's first Olympic soummin champion syne 1988, an the first Breetish soummer tae win twa Olympic gowd medals syne 1908.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/swimming/7579833.stm |title=Video review – Adlington is GB's golden girl |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 August 2008|accessdate=5 September 2008}}</ref> She wan bronze medals in baith the weemen's 400-metre an 800-metre freestyle events in the [[2012 Simmer Olympics]] in Lunnon.
Adlington retirt frae aw competitive swimmin on 5 Februar 2013, at the age o 23,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rebecca Adlington: Time right to retire from swimming|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/swimming/21334824|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> an haed a baby namit Summer wi her husband, umwhile soummer Harry Needs,<ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/508345/Rebecca-Adlington-wedding-weight-loss 'I'm happy I'm marrying the love of my life': A slim Rebecca Adlington weds Harry Needs] ''[[Daily Express]]'', 8 September 2014, Retrieved 24 September 2015</ref> in 2015.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3141212/Rebecca-Adlington-slender-stripes-husband-Harry-Needs-newborn-Summer-stroll.html Cheery new mum Rebecca Adlington is slender in stripes as she and husband Harry Needs take newborn Summer for a stroll] ''Mail Online'' 27 June 2015, Retrieved 24 September 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/rebecca-adlington-takes-baby-summer-9772947 Rebecca Adlington takes baby Summer swimming] ''Manchester Evening News'', 1 August 2015, Retrieved 24 September 2015</ref> Adlington annooncit her separation frae Needs in Mairch 2016.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2016-03-15/rebecca-adlington-announces-split-from-husband-of-18-months/ Rebecca Adlington announces split from husband of 18 months] ''[[ITV News]]'', 15 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3493991/Olympic-gold-medalist-Rebecca-Adlington-splits-husband-just-18-months-marriage-says-close-friends.html Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Adlington splits from her husband after just 18 months of marriage]''[[Mail Online]]'', 15 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016</ref>
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==Freemit airtins==
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* [http://www.rebeccaadlington.co.uk Offeecial Rebecca Adlington Wabsteid]
* [http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6649# British Olympic Association athlete profile]
* [http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/rebecca-adlington/ British Swimming athlete profile]
* [http://195.184.236.5/historic/historic2.php?tiref=7880 British Swimming results an rankins database entry]
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