Georgia Coates

British swimmer (born 1999)

Georgia Coates

Personal information

Nickname(s)| Gee, Gee-Money
Nationality| British
Born|  (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 25)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Height| 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight| 54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Breaststroke
Club| City of Leeds Swimming Club
Coach| Richard Denigan

Medal record

Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
| 2015 Baku | 4×100 m mixed freestyle
| 2015 Baku | 4×100 m mixed medley
| 2015 Baku | 4×100 m freestyle
| 2015 Baku | 4×200 m freestyle
| 2015 Baku | 4×100 m medley

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.

## Personal life

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Coates was born on 19 February 1999 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[2] She attends Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley where she earned 12 GCSEs, completing her final exam in Baku whilst competing at the 2015 European Games.[3]

## Swimming

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Coates is a member of the City of Leeds Swimming Club where she is coached by Richard Denigan.[3] In 2013, she represented Great Britain at the 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] She reached the final of the 400-metre individual medley but missed out on a medal after finishing fourth.[6][7] She won her first medal, a bronze, in the women's 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay alongside Darcy Deakin, Maddie Crompton and Hannah Featherstone.[8][9] In the mixed 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay Coates, Deakin, Martyn Walton and Duncan Scott won a silver medal behind the Russian quartet.[10][11] She placed fifth in the 200-metre breaststroke,[12] she won further bronze medals in the women's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay and the women's 4 × 100-metre medley relay.[13][14][15] She won her fifth medal of the Games in the 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] As a result, she was selected as part of the 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] At 17-years-old Coates is the youngest member of the Great Britain swimming team at the Games.[3][19]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Athletes GeorgiaCoates". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. ^ "Georgia Coates Swimming". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
3. ^ a b c d e Sobot, Lee (3 June 2016). "Baby of the pool Georgia Coates looking to make the Olympic grade". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
4. ^ "Georgia Coates Swimmer". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
5. ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. ^ "Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. ^ "European Games 2015: Abbie Wood wins swimming gold". BBC Sport. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
8. ^ "Swimming – Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. ^ "European Games 2015: Great Britain claim three swimming golds". BBC Sport. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
10. ^ "Swimming – Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
11. ^ "European Games: Greenbank wins gold as Adams reaches final". BBC Sport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
12. ^ "Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
13. ^ "Swimming – Women's 4x100m Medley Relay". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
14. ^ "European Games 2015: Nicola Adams wins flyweight boxing gold". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
15. ^ "Swimming – Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
16. ^ "Swimming – Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay". Baku 2015 European Games official website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
17. ^ "European Games 2015: Joe Joyce and Luke Greenbank win gold". BBC Sport. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
18. ^ "Junior swimmers make their mark on the World". British Swimming. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
19. ^ Sobot, Lee (21 April 2016). "Road To Rio 2016: Rising star Georgia Coates rewarded with GB spot after great year". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

## External links

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* Georgia Coates at World Aquatics
* Georgia Coates at SwimRankings.net
* Georgia Coates at Olympics.com
* Georgia Coates at Olympedia
* Georgia Coates at Team GB
* Georgia Coates at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)