McCONNELL Ashleigh
Events and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
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Swimming |
Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 | 6 | |
| Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts | 2 |
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Schedule
Change
| Start Time | Location | Event | Status |
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| Tokyo Aquatics Centre |
Finished |
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| Tokyo Aquatics Centre |
Finished |
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| Tokyo Aquatics Centre |
Finished |
Biographical Information
Highlights
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| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
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| Paralympic Games | ||||
| 1 | 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | 4:16.65 |
| 6 | 100m Freestyle - S9 | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | 1:05.19 |
| 7 | 50m Freestyle - S9 | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | 29.63 |
| 15 | 400m Freestyle - S9 | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | 5:16.28 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points | 2015 | Glasgow, GBR | 4:24.17 |
| 4 | 50m Freestyle - S9 | 2015 | Glasgow, GBR | 29.84 |
| 9 | 100m Freestyle - S9 | 2015 | Glasgow, GBR | 1:06.75 |
| 12 | 100m Backstroke - S9 | 2015 | Glasgow, GBR | 1:19.88 |
| 12 | 200m Individual Medley - SM9 | 2015 | Glasgow, GBR | 2:55.13 |
| Commonwealth Games | ||||
| 3 | 100m Backstroke - S9 | 2018 | Gold Coast, QLD, AUS | 1:15.93 |
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Ash (Twitter profile, 25 Mar 2015; Melton Swimming Club, 01 Jul 2012; Facebook profile, 13 Dec 2017)
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Athlete, Student
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Business - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [RMIT] University, Australia
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Partner Rheed McCracken
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English
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Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club [Australia]
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Brendan Burkett [national], AUS
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Her partner Rheed McCracken has represented Australia in wheelchair racing. He won silver in the men's T34 100m at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games, and at the 2013, 2017 and 2019 world championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jul 2021; Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2021)
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2015 for Australia (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)
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She began swimming at age four. (sunbury-leader.whereilive.com.au, 22 Feb 2011; alchetron.com, 07 Apr 2018)
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She took up swimming in the hope that it would encourage her older sister to learn as well. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 17 Jun 2021; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)
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Australian Para swimmers Ellie Cole and Matthew Cowdrey, Australian swimmer Eamon Sullivan. (vis.org.au, 2012; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)
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Her family. (Melton Swimming Club, 01 Jul 2012)
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"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the further you get." [Michael Phelps] (vis.org.au, 2012; alchetron.com, 07 Apr 2018)
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In January 2017 she received a Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM] in recognition of her winning a gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (heraldsun.com.au, 26 Jan 2017; paralympic.org, 28 Jan 2017)
Legend
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- Silver Medal
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- Gold Medal Event
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- Silver Medal Event
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- Bronze Medal Event
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