Madeleine Scerri

Madeleine Scerri
Personal information
Full name Madeleine Scerri
National team  Malta
Born (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Madeleine Scerri (born 11 August 1989) is an Australian swimmer of Maltese origin, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] She represented Malta at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her fellow swimmer and teammate Ryan Gambin, whom both shared their same ancestral background. Scerri swam in the women's 100 m freestyle, and won in the first heat of her event, finishing forty-fifth in the overall.[2] Although she failed to advance into the semi-finals, Scerri broke her personal and national record, with a time of 57.97 seconds.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Madeleine Scerri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Swimming: Women's 100m Freestyle – Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Beijing Olympics 2008: Madeleine Scerri wins heat, but fails to qualify – sets new national record". Malta Independent. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
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