Annabelle Carey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetAnnabelle Carey
Olympic swimmer
Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1989
Place of Birth: Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Annabelle Carey
- Annabelle Jane Carey (born 11 March 1989) was a New Zealand swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
- As of 2006, she currently holds a New Zealand record of 1:09.26 in the 100 m breaststroke from the World Championship Trials in Auckland.
- In the same year she helped out the New Zealand team to pull off a fourth-place effort in the medley relay at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, with a record-breaking time of 4:06.30.Carey qualified for two events as New Zealand's youngest swimmer (aged 15) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:12.57 (100 m breaststroke) at the Olympic trials in Auckland.
- In the 100 m breaststroke, she challenged seven other swimmers in the third heat, including fellow 15-year-old Lee Ji-young of South Korea.
- She rounded out the field to last place and thirty-fifth overall by 0.28 of second, behind Lee in 1:13.21.
- She also teamed up with Hannah McLean, Elizabeth Coster, and Alison Fitch in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
- Swimming the breaststroke leg in heat one, Carey recorded a time of 1:11.98, but the New Zealand team settled for sixth place and thirteenth overall in a final time of 4:10.37.Carey also sought her second Olympic bid to compete for the New Zealand team in Beijing 2008.
- She was an all-time favorite in the national trials, campaigning for her second Olympic stint.
- In an all-important final, Carey lost her goggles upon diving in.
- She managed to finish in second place behind Zoe Baker, but missed out on an Olympic spot.
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