Linda Hanel
Australian swimmer (born 1961)
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Linda Margaret Hanel (born 17 October 1961) is an Australian former champion swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal - the 100-metre Women's Butterfly (12th position), the 200-metre Women's Butterfly (12th position) and the 4x100-metre Women's Medley Relay (8th position).[1][2] At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, Hanel set a Games record in her qualifying heat, with a time of 2:14.54.[3] She went on to win a bronze medal in both the Women's 100-metre Butterfly and the 200-metre Butterfly.[4] In her home state of Victoria, she held the record for the 200-metre open butterfly for nearly 26 years, with a time of 2:12.12.[5]
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| Born | 17 October 1961 | |||||||||||||||||
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Hanel won gold at the 1979 Spartaklad Games in Moscow in the 100-metre Butterfly event, crediting her friend, fellow Olympic swimmer Michelle Ford, for her success.[6] She withdrew from the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to illness.[7]
