Karen Phillips
Karen Anne Phillips (born 4 May 1966), known after marriage as Karen Anne Higgison, was an Australian butterfly and individual medley swimmer of the 1980s, who won the silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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| Full name | Karen Anne Phillips | |||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | |||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1966 Nowra, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Raised in Nowra, New South Wales, Phillips was selected to represent Australia in the 200-metre butterfly and 400-metre individual medley, but was not expected to do well, barely scraping into the final of the 200-metre butterfly, and narrowly missing the final of the 400-metre individual medley. Although she was left far behind by the United States' Mary T. Meagher, she swum a personal best of 2 minutes 10.56 seconds to claim the silver medal, although Meagher was 7 metres ahead.
Two years later at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, Phillips enjoyed more success, winning the silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly.
She was the inaugural winner of the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year in 1983–84.[1]
References
- Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year Past Winners Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. p. 351. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.