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Gemma is a swimmer from the United Kingdom, a backstroke specialist and an international championship swimmer, whose official competitive record spans 4 seasons, 10 years and 6 meets.
Her recorded career begins in 2002 in Manchester, where she raced the 200 individual medley in 2:21.45.
Her signature event is the 200 backstroke, her reference distance in backstroke, ahead of the 100 backstroke and 50 backstroke. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 5 recorded swims.
Her fastest 200 backstroke stands at 2:06.66, set in long course (50 m) at 13th FINA World Championships 2009.
Her record includes world championships, in 2009 (13th FINA World Championships 2009). A representative mark at that level is 2:06.66 in the 200 backstroke, recorded in long course (50 m). She also appears in the World Cup circuit, continental championships and international meets.
After a 2-year break between 2009 and 2011, she came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2011.
Those meets span 5 different venues (Manchester, Stockholm, Berlin and Rome…).
Latest competition: Minneapolis Grand Prix, on November 11, 2011. She closes this record with 10 current event personal bests, across 10 verified official swims in competitions governed by Aquatics GB and World Aquatics.