Eydis Konráðsdóttir Explained

Eydis Konráðsdóttir
Fullname:Eydis Konráðsdóttir
National Team:Iceland
Strokes:Butterfly
Club:Keflavík Íþrótta-og Ungmennafélag
Birth Date:16 February 1978
Birth Place:Keflavík, Iceland
Weight:570NaN0
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Eydis Konráðsdóttir (born February 16, 1978) is an Icelandic former swimmer, who specialized in sprint butterfly events.[1] She represented Iceland in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also held an Icelandic record in the 100 m butterfly until it was later broken by Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir and Sarah Blake Bateman within the 2000s decade. Konradsdottir is a medicine undergraduate at the University of New South Wales, and also married to Australia's medley swimmer and three-time Olympian Matthew Dunn.[2] [3]

Konradsdottir made her first Icelandic team, as an eighteen-year-old junior, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she competed in the 100 m butterfly. Swimming in heat three, she picked up a fifth seat and twenty-ninth overall in 1:03.41.[4]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Konradsdottir competed again in the 100 m butterfly. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:02.93 from the Mare Nostrum Meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France.[3] [5] [6] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Thailand's three-time Olympian Praphalsai Minpraphal. She posted a seventh-place time of 1:03.27 in her own race to edge out Trinidad and Tobago's Siobhan Cropper by 0.07 seconds. Konradsdottir failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall on the first day of prelims.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Eydis Konráðsdóttir. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/eydis-konradsdottir-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 22 June 2013.
  2. News: Campion. Britta. Icelandic Butterfly. University of New South Wales. 3 September 2005. 22 June 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130624205001/http://idurefgroup.org/medweb.nsf/page/shownewsstoryarchive?OpenDocument&LinkID=BF00179D00. 24 June 2013.
  3. News: Afrekskonur á Ólympíuleikanaļūst. Women's achievements at the Olympics. Icelandic. Víkurfréttir. 16 August 2000. 22 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . dead . 23 May 2011 . . . . 47 . 14 June 2013 .
  5. Web site: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
  6. News: Eydís á leið til Ástralíuļūst. Eydis goes to Australia. Icelandic. Víkurfréttir. 22 February 2000. 22 June 2013.
  7. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . . 224 . 19 April 2013 .
  8. News: Newberry. Paul. Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free. https://archive.today/20130615211705/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 16 September 2000. 28 May 2013.