Lara Carroll
Lara Carroll (born 8 December 1986), also known by her married name Lara Mist, is an English-born competition swimmer who has represented Australia in international events, including the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Nickname(s) | Lara Carroll | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Cambridge, England | 8 December 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fremantle Port SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She attended Leeming Senior High School in the suburb of Leeming.
Carroll made her international debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she finished 6th in the 200 m individual medley. She claimed her first international medals later that year at the 2004 FINA Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis, claiming silver and bronze in the 200-metre and 400-metre individual medley respectively. She claimed her first long-course medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, claiming a bronze in the 200-metre individual medley. She also came fourth in the 400-metre event.
Carroll is a member of the Australian Commonwealth Swimming Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where she won a bronze medal in the 200-metre individual medley, finishing behind Stephanie Rice and Brooke Hanson, in a time of 2:13.86. She didn't compete in the 400-metre event due to illness.
She is a student and a member of the Fremantle Port swimming club.
In May 2014, she married her long-time partner Sam Mist in a ceremony at Rottnest Island.
References
- "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
- "7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- "Swimming Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.