Georgia Coates British swimmer (born 1999)
Georgia Coates
Nickname(s)
Gee, Gee-Money Nationality British Born (1999-02-19 ) 19 February 1999 (age 27) Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[ 1] Weight 54 kg (119 lb)[ 1] Sport Swimming Strokes Breaststroke Club City of Leeds Swimming Club Coach Richard Denigan
Georgia Coates (born 19 February 1999) is a British swimmer who won five medals at the 2015 European Games . She has been selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Swimming
Coates is a member of the City of Leeds Swimming Club where she is coached by Richard Denigan.[ 3] European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands.[ 4]
She was selected to swim for Great Britain at the 2015 European Games held in Baku , Azerbaijan. In the 100-metre freestyle she reached the semi-finals and finished 12th in a time of 57.35 seconds.[ 5] 400-metre individual medley but missed out on a medal after finishing fourth.[ 6] [ 7] women's 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay alongside Darcy Deakin , Maddie Crompton and Hannah Featherstone .[ 8] [ 9] mixed 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay Coates, Deakin, Martyn Walton and Duncan Scott won a silver medal behind the Russian quartet.[ 10] [ 11] 200-metre breaststroke ,[ 12] women's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay and the women's 4 × 100-metre medley relay .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] mixed 4 × 100-metre medley relay , as the British team, which also featured Luke Greenbank , Charlie Attwood and Amelia Clynes , took silver behind Russia.[ 16] [ 17]
At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore, she won two medals. She won a silver medal, finishing second to British team mate Rosie Rudin , in the girl's 400-metre individual medley, the took the bronze medal in the 200-metre individual relay.[ 18]
Coates finished third in the 200-metre freestyle at the 2016 British National Championships.[ 3] Great Britain team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she will compete in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay with Jazmin Carlin , Ellie Faulkner and Camilla Hattersley .[ 3] [ 3] [ 19]
