Linda Hanel
Personal information
Born (1961-10-17) 17 October 1961 (age 62)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton 200 m butterfly

Linda Hanel (born 17 October 1961) is an Australian former champion swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal - the 100-metre Women's Butterfly (12th position), the 200-metre Women's Butterfly (12th position) and the 4x100-metre Women's Medley Relay (8th position).[1][2] At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, Hanel set a Games record in her qualifying heat, with a time of 2:14.54.[3] She went on to win a bronze medal in both the Women's 100-metre Butterfly and the 200-metre Butterfly.[4] In her home state of Victoria, she held the record for the 200-metre open butterfly for nearly 26 years, with a time of 2:12.12.[5]

Hanel won gold at the 1979 Spartaklad Games in Moscow in the 100-metre Butterfly event, crediting her friend, fellow Olympic swimmer Michelle Ford, for her success.[6] She withdrew from the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to illness.[7]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Linda Hanel Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Linda Lepore". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ Shallhorn, Deborah (8 August 1978). "Smith toasts 4th gold with juice". Globe and Mail.
  4. ^ "Athletes". FINA.
  5. ^ Paxinos, Stathi (4 January 2006). "Klim upstaged, but unfazed". The Age.
  6. ^ "Gold to Linda". No. 7 August 1979. Bulletin.
  7. ^ Hanson, Ian (24 July 2020). "The Michelle Ford story, Part One". Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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