Casey Redford

Casey Redford
Action shot of Redford swimming in the 200 m medley SM9 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born 10 September 1982
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney Women's 100 m backstroke S9

Casey Redford is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. A Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, she won three gold medals at the 1999 FESPIC Games, and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in the Women's 100 m backstroke S9 event.

Personal

Redford was born in Melbourne on 10 September 1982,[1] and was educated at Mentone Girls' Secondary College.[2] Her heroes include Janine Shephard and David Schwarz, and one of her hobbies is watching Australian rules football

Competitive swimming

Redford was a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[3] She competed in the 1998 Australian Swimming Open, representing the Haileybury Waterlion Swimming Club. She competed in the Open 100 m Breaststroke, where she made the finals. She also competed in the Open 100 m Breaststroke, Open 100 m Freestyle, Open 50 m Backstroke and Open 50 m Butterfly, but did not get past the heats. However, she did set a club records for 15‑year‑olds in the 50 m freestyle (LC) category with a time of 35.08 seconds,[4] in the butterfly event with a personal best with a time of 40.06 seconds,[5] and in the 100 m freestyle event with a time of 1:19.19.[6]

Redford competed at the 1999 FESPIC Games in Thailand, where she won a gold medal in the women's 100m freestyle event, a gold medal in the women's 100m backstroke event, and a gold medal in the women's 200 m individual medley event.[1] On 3 June 2000, Redford set an age group record for 17-year-olds in the 100 m breaststroke event in the SB9 class at a meet in Sheffield, Victoria with a time of 1:35.53.[7] She went on to win a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in the women's 100 m backstroke S9 event,[8] with a time of 1:20.02.[9] She also competed in the 200 m individual medley S9 and 100 m breaststroke S9 events, but did not qualify for the finals.[10] In 2001, she competed in the Victorian Swim Championships, coming first in the Multidisability Women's 50 m backstroke event.[11]

Recognition

In 2000, Redford was named on the Victorian School Sports Awards Honour Roll.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Paralympic Committee (5 December 2000). "APC: Athlete's Profile". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 December 2000. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Victorian School Sports Awards Honour Roll" (PDF). Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. 12 March 2010. p. 19. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Victorian Institute of Sport (21 August 2002). "Australian Paralympic team". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 February 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 50m Freestyle". Western Australia Swimming. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 50m Butterfly". Western Australia Swimming. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "WA Swimming - Time Info - CASEY REDFORD - 100m Freestyle". Western Australia Swimming. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Long Course Australian Swimming Records" (PDF). Adelaide, South Australia: Blind Sports South Australia. p. 13. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "Paralympic results". NZ Herald. 29 October 2000. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  10. ↑ "Australian Paralympic Team". Sydney, Australia: Australian Sport Commission. 2001. Archived from the original on 29 March 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Victorian Swimming Championships - Day 1". Europe: Insweep. 2 January 2001. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
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