Lotte Friis

Lotte Friis
Friis in 2011
Personal information
Full nameLotte Friis
National team Denmark
Born (1988-02-09) 9 February 1988
Blovstrød, Denmark
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubGentofte Svømmeklub
North Baltimore Aquatic Club[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Denmark
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing800 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2009 Rome800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2011 Shanghai1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2009 Rome1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2011 Shanghai800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2013 Barcelona800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2013 Barcelona1500 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place2012 Istanbul800 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2010 Budapest800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2010 Budapest1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2010 Budapest400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2008 Eindhoven1500 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2011 Szczecin800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2009 Istanbul800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2007 Debrecen800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2012 Chartres800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2011 Szczecin400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2009 Istanbul400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2004 Vienna800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2012 Chartres400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2013 Herning400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2013 Herning800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2008 Rijeka800 m freestyle

Lotte Friis (born 9 February 1988) is a Danish competitive swimmer from Allerød Municipality.[2]

Career

Friis was born in Blovstrød. Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition. At the 2009 World Championships she won silver in the 1500 metre freestyle competition[3] and gold in the 800 metre freestyle competition with the second fastest time ever and a new championship record.[4] At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai Friis won gold in the women's 1500 metre freestyle in the time 15:49.59[5] and silver in the women's 800 metre freestyle.[6] Friis participated in the women's 400 metre freestyle and reached the final. She finished in fifth in a time of 4:04.68,[7] which was a new Nordic record.

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.baltimoresun.com/2016/01/22/north-baltimore-aquatic-club-enters-new-era-without-michael-phelps-bob-bowman/
  2. ↑ "1500-Free-W" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  3. ↑ FINA World Championships, Swimming: Italy's Alessia Filippi Earns Roars from Crowd With Victorious 1500 Free Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine, Swimming World Magazine, 28 July 2009
  4. ↑ FINA World Championships, Swimming: Denmark's Lotte Friis Clocks Second Fastest 800 Free for Meet Record, Win Archived 2011-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, Swimming World Magazine, 1 August 2009
  5. ↑ Omegatiming.com, 14th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Shanghai (CHN), Women's 1500m Freestyle, Final
  6. ↑ Omegatiming.com, 14th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Shanghai (CHN), Women's 800m Freestyle, Final
  7. ↑ "Omegatiming.com, 14th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Shanghai (CHN), Women's 400m Freestyle, Final". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
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