Warrender Ba · GBR
Keri-anne is a swimmer from the United Kingdom, an Olympian and a distance freestyler, whose official competitive record spans 14 seasons, 15 years, 8 countries and 34 meets.
Her recorded career begins in 2002 in Melbourne, where she raced the 800 freestyle in 8:23.58.
Her signature event is the 400 freestyle, the event she has raced the most, followed by the 800 freestyle and 200 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 27 meets and 58 recorded swims.
Her fastest 400 freestyle stands at 4:07.93, set in long course (50 m) at British Gas National Championships (50m).
She has raced at the Olympic Games level, in 2008 (Olympic Games Beijing 2008). A representative mark at that level is 4:38.69 in the 400 individual medley, recorded in long course (50 m). She also appears in world championships, the World Cup circuit, continental championships, national championships and international meets.
After a 2-year break between 2003 and 2005, she came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2005. 2012 is the busiest season on record, with 14 verified individual swims.
She is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 8 countries (the United Kingdom, China, Spain, Italy, Australia, Belgium, Hungary and UNK), including 16 of 34 meets outside the United Kingdom.
Those meets span 18 different venues (Edinburgh, Sheffield, Barcelona and Rome…). She has raced for Warrender Ba.
Latest competition: East District Open & Grand Prix in Edinburgh, on May 27, 2016, with 1 swim: 8:36.83 in the 800 freestyle, all in long course (50 m). She closes this record with 13 current event personal bests and 27 all-time PB improvements, across 79 verified official swims in competitions governed by Aquatics GB and World Aquatics.