Rikke Møller Pedersen Explained

Rikke Møller Pedersen
Strokes:Breaststroke
Club:Herning Svømmeklub / NTC
Coach:Shannon Rollason
Birth Date:1989 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Odense, Denmark
Height:175 cm

Rikke Møller Pedersen (born 9 January 1989) is a Danish competitive swimmer specialising in breaststroke and from 2013 to 2021 world record holder in the 200 m breaststroke (2:19.11).[1] [2] [3]

Career

In 2009, Møller Pedersen won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.[4]

In 2010, she won a Bronze Medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the World Short Course Swimming Championships, while she placed second in the 100 m breaststroke and third in the 200 m breaststroke at the European Aquatics Championships.

At the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships, she won two gold medals, in the 4×50 m medley relay and in the 200 m breaststroke respectively, and a Silver Medal in the 100 m breaststroke.

In 2012, Møller Pedersen competed at the Summer Olympics for the first time.At the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres she placed first in the 100 m breaststroke and she set the European record with a time of 1:04.12.[5] In this edition of the European Short Course Championships, she also won the 200 m breaststroke[6] and the 4×50 m medley relay events,[7] while she placed second in the 50 m breaststroke.[8]

At the 2012 World Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, she won the 200 m breaststroke event with a winning time of2:16.08, the new championship record.[9] In Istanbul, she also placed third in the 100 m breaststroke[10] and first in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.[11]

At the 2013 Danish Open Championships, she broke the European record in the 200 m breaststroke (long course) swimming in 2:20.53.The previous record belonged to Russian Yuliya Yefimova who had set a time of 2:20.92 at the 2012 London Olympics.[12]

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, Møller Pedersen broke Rebecca Soni's 200 m breaststroke world record in the semifinals with 2:19.11,[13] but she finished 2nd in the final behind Russian Yuliya Yefimova with a time of 2:20.08.[14]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won a bronze medal as a part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay alongside Jeanette Ottesen, Mie Ø. Nielsen and Pernille Blume. Here they also broke the European record with a time of 3:55.01.

In April 2017 Rikke Møller Pedersen competed in the Danish Open national qualifiers for the upcoming World Championships in Budapest. She took part in the 100 m breaststroke event and finished first with a time of 1:07.33, which qualified her for the World Championships.[15]

Rikke Møller Pedersen competed in the 2017 Stockholm Swim Cup. In the 50 m breaststroke event she finished third with a time of 31.45.[16] She won the 200 m breaststroke event by posting a time of 2:25.59.[17]

After a distinguished career spanning over several Olympic Games, she announced her retirement in January 2019 via posts on her Facebook and Instagram profiles.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dam. Camilla. Rikke Møller Pedersen skifter fra Odense til Herning. dr.dk. 21 September 2013. DK. 22 September 2013.
  2. Web site: Grace. Jeff. Rikke Moller Pedersen makes a change of address. swimswam.com. 22 September 2013. SwimSwam Partners, LLC. 22 September 2013.
  3. http://www.london2012.com/athlete/pedersen-rikke-1078173 Rikke Pedersen's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site
  4. Web site: Rikke's Profile. da. ol.dk. 18 December 2012.
  5. Hannah Miley, Rikke Moeller Pedersen set euro records on last night of Euro Short Course Champs . . 25 November 2012 . 18 December 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130203182045/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/32735.asp . 3 February 2013 .
  6. Web site: 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results. Omega Timing. 23 November 2012. 18 December 2012.
  7. Web site: 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 4×50m Medley Final Results. Omega Timing. 25 November 2012. 18 December 2012.
  8. Web site: 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results. Omega Timing. 22 November 2012. 18 December 2012.
  9. Zhao Jing, Rikke Moeller Pedersen, Kazuya Kineda set meet marks. Swimming World Magazine. 16 December 2012. 18 December 2012.
  10. Web site: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results. Omega Timing. 15 December 2012. 18 December 2012.
  11. Web site: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 4×100m Medley Final Results. Omega Timing. 14 December 2012. 18 December 2012.
  12. Web site: Rikke Moeller Pedersen breaks 200 breast European record at Danish Open Trials. swimswam.com. 29 March 2013. 2 April 2013.
  13. World Record! Rikke Moller Pedersen nearly clears 2:19 in 200 breast semis. Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2013. 12 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140705142522/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/35429.asp. 5 July 2014.
  14. Web site: 15th FINA World Championships – Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results. Omega Timing. 1 August 2013. 12 August 2013.
  15. Web site: Rikke Møller Pedersen klarer VM-kravet på 100 bryst. svoem.dk. svoem.dk. 3 April 2017.
  16. News: Sjöström Shines, Two Swedish Nat'l Records Fall in Stockholm. 9 April 2017. SwimSwam. 10 April 2017.
  17. Web site: Sarah Sjostrom Thunders To 23.83 World Textile Best To Prune Blume. SwimVortex. 10 April 2017.