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| Bonnie
MACDONALD |
| Sport |
Open Water Swimming |
| NOC |
Australia
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 16 Dec 1995
in Newcastle, AUS |
| Height | 1.73 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Gold Coast, QLD, AUS |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
French swimmer Laure Manaudou, Australian rugby league player Darren Lockyer. (thesportsvault.com.au, 2012) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She joined a swimming school at 10 months old, and began training seriously at age five. |
General Interest |
Injuries |
She missed the 2012 season because of a back injury. (swimming.org.au, 28 Nov 2013) |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Economics - University of Alabama: Tuscaloosa, AL, USA |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Queen B (Twitter profile, 14 Jul 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
Her parents enrolled her in a swimming school. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Customer Service, Marketing, Sales, Student |
General Interest |
Other information |
FURTHER STUDY
She is studying a master's degree in project management at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Dec 2018) |
Other sports |
She competed in open water swimming at the world championships in 2009, 2011 and 2013. (Alabama Swimming and Diving Facebook page, 19 Jul 2013; The Gold Coast Bulletin, 08 Mar 2012) |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 14 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
5km |
57:01.3 |
| 21 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
5km |
1:01:08.3 |
World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 38 |
2013 |
San Miguel de Cozumel, MEX |
10km |
2:21:12.40 |
| 8 |
2010 |
Lac St. Jean, QC, CAN |
10km |
2:16:01.2 |
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