Linley Frame
Linley Margaret Frame (born 12 November 1971), is an Australian competitive swimmer who won a gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1991 FINA World Aquatics Championships, and represented Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, coming in 15th and 19th in her breaststroke events.
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Full name | Linley Margaret Frame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Melbourne, Victoria | 12 November 1971|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Melbourne Vicentre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) she was coached by Terry Gathercole. She was named AIS Athlete of the Year in 1991.[1]
In 1996, Frame retired from swimming after developing chronic fatigue syndrome.[2][3]
Frame was a poolside interviewer for Channel Seven at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and was a studio pundit for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
In 2009, Frame made a comeback to swimming. Competing at the 2009 World Masters Games, she won a gold medal in the W35-39 50m breaststroke event, beating the second-place swimmer by more than 3 seconds.[4] Frame now holds FINA Masters World Records for the W40-44 age group in 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke events.[5][6] She competed at the 2014 FINA World Masters Championships in Montreal, and won gold medals in the W40-44 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke events.
As of 2014, Frame works at Swimming Victoria as Athlete and Coach Liaison Officer.[7] Since 2001, she has been an ambassador for Red Dust Role Models, a charity that visits remote Aboriginal communities throughout the Northern Territory and Western Australia, teaching children the importance of a healthy lifestyle and good education.[8]
References
- AIS Athlete of the Year Past Winners Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- "Champion swimmer fights for understanding of 'the most misunderstood' disease". ME/CFS Australia (Victoria). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- "Linley Frame: Olympian and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferer". Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- "Swimming - 15 October 2009 - Day 6 Results". p15. Retrieved 20 April 2014.CS1 maint: location (link)
- FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - LONG COURSE METERS AS OF DEC 31, 2013 Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - SHORT COURSE METERS AS OF DEC 31, 2013 Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- "Staff Profile: Linley Frame" (PDF). p2: Swimming Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Red Dust Role Models - Linley Frame Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 11 November 2015.