Chelsea Hodges Explained

Chelsea Hodges
Fullname:Chelsea Mae Hodges
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:27 June 2001
Birth Place:Queensland, Australia[1]

Chelsea Mae Hodges (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]

Career

At 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

Short course metres

split 29.11 (breaststroke leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (backstroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly leg), Madison Wilson (freestyle leg)

Olympic records

Long course metres

split 1:05.57 for breaststroke leg; with Kaylee McKeown (backstroke leg), Emma McKeon (butterfly), Cate Campbell (freestyle)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chelsea Hodges. Australian Olympic Committee. 25 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Chelsea Hodges . Olympedia . 25 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 25 July 2021 . 6 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211006084710/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/event-schedule-women-s-100m-breaststroke.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: 13 December 2021. Chelsea Hodges. FINA. 13 December 2021.
  5. Web site: 1 August 2021. Australia Puts Exclamation Point On Superb Week. Swimming World. 13 December 2021.
  6. Web site: 2022-01-26. Australia Day Honours List. 2022-01-25. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126045436/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-01/ad22_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Women's 4x50m Medley – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. 22 December 2022.
  8. Web site: 1 August 2021. 4×100m medley relay final. FINA. 6 December 2021.

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