Casey Redford Explained

Casey Redford
Birth Date:10 September 1982

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: APC: Athlete's Profile. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20001205000000/http:/www.paralympic.org.au/text/athletes/athleteprofilec949.html. dead. 5 December 2000. Australian Paralympic Committee. National Library of Australia. 25 October 2011. 5 December 2000.
  2. Web site: Victorian School Sports Awards Honour Roll. 25 October 2011. 19. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. 12 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401193526/http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/commrel/events/sportsawards/program2009.pdf. 1 April 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: Australian Paralympic team. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050201130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34944/20050202-0000/www.vis.org.au/articledetail993f.html. dead. 1 February 2005. National Library of Australia. Victorian Institute of Sport. 25 October 2011. 21 August 2002.
  4. Web site: WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 50m Freestyle. Western Australia Swimming. 25 October 2011. 29 November 2012. https://archive.today/20121129013902/http://results.wa.swimming.org.au/TimeInfo.aspx?TimeID=11475. dead.
  5. Web site: WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 50m Butterfly. Western Australia Swimming. 25 October 2011. 28 November 2012. https://archive.today/20121128230947/http://results.wa.swimming.org.au/TimeInfo.aspx?TimeID=11472. dead.
  6. Web site: WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 100m Freestyle. Western Australia Swimming. 25 October 2011. 28 November 2012. https://archive.today/20121128225820/http://results.wa.swimming.org.au/TimeInfo.aspx?TimeID=11476. dead.
  7. Web site: 25 October 2011. Blind Sports South Australia. Adelaide, South Australia. Long Course Australian Swimming Records. 13. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330090035/http://www.blindsportssa.org.au/files/MaleFemaleLongCourseRecords.pdf. 30 March 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Athlete Search Results. International Paralympic Committee. 4 October 2011.
  9. News: 25 October 2011. 29 October 2000. NZ Herald. Paralympic results.
  10. Australian Sport Commission . 25 October 2011 . 2001 . Australian Paralympic Team . Sydney, Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110329075613/http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascpub/annualreport/sydneyp.asp . 29 March 2011 .
  11. Web site: 25 October 2011 . Victorian Swimming Championships - Day 1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425091609/http://www.insweep.com/News/view/672 . dead . 25 April 2012 . Insweep . Europe . 2 January 2001 .

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