Alicia Coutts

Alicia Coutts

Personal information
Full name	Alicia Jayne Coutts
Nickname(s)	Couttsy, Leshy
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1987-09-14) 14 September 1987 (age 24)[1] Brisbane, Queensland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	70 kilograms (150 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Butterfly, freestyle, medley,
Club	Redlands Swim Club, Brisbane[1]
Medal record Women’s swimming Competitor for  Australia World Championships (LC) Silver 2011 Shanghai 100 m butterfly Silver 2011 Shanghai 200 m individual medley Bronze 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley Commonwealth Games Gold 2010 Delhi 100 m butterfly Gold 2010 Delhi 100 m freestyle Gold 2010 Delhi 200 m Individual medley Gold 2010 Delhi 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2010 Delhi 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships Silver 2010 Irvine 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley Bronze 2010 Irvine 100 m butterfly

Alicia Jayne Coutts (born 14 September 1987 in Brisbane, Australia)^[1] is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics,^[1] and the 2010 Commonwealth Games (New Delhi).^[2]. She is was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder and coached by John Fowlie.

Career

Coutts competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she ended up fifth in the 200m individual medley.^[1]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 200m individual medley, as well as contributing to the 4x100m freestyle & medley relays, bringing her total haul to 5 gold medals. She carried the Australian flag at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.^[2] She was named the Telstra Australian Swimmer of the Year for 2010.

At the 2011 Australian championships (World Trials), seeking to pick up her first national title. On night 2, she doubled up, taking the 100m butterfly by a clear margin, as well as the 200m IM, beating Olympic champion Stephanie Rice by approximately an arm's length. She took 6th place in the 200m freestyle. On night 6 she took gold in the 100m freestyle, winning by a clear margin over Yolane Kukla. In June, she took 3 gold at the Barcelona leg of the Mare Nostrum Series, downing the meet record of the 100 fly as well as the 200 IM in a personal best time.

At the 2011 World championships on night 2, Coutts took silver medals in the 100m butterfly & 200m medley. She swam the butterfly leg of the medley relay, capturing a bronze medal.

At the 2012 Australian championships (Olympic Trials), she won the 100m butterfly holding off Jessicah Schipper down the stretch and stopping Libby Tricket's attempt to defend her Olympic title in that event.

Career best times

Coutts's holds 2 Commonwealth Games Records, she is in the top 10 all time fastest performers in the 100m Butterfly & 200m IM, and top 25 in the 100m freestyle.

Long Course Event Time Meet 50m Freestyle 25.13 2012 Australian Championships 100m Freestyle 53.78 2011 World Championships 200m Freestyle 1:57.72 2011 Australian Championships 200m IM 2:09.00 2011 World Championships 100m Butterfly 56.94 2011 World Championships

Short Course Event Time Meet 100m Freestyle 53.69 2010 Australian SC Championships 200m Freestyle 1:57.72 2010 Australian SC Championships 200m IM 2:09.23 2009 Australian SC Championships 100m Butterfly 59.51 2010 Australian SC Championships

References

External links

• Alicia Coutts at Swimming Australia

• Sports-reference profile
• Swimrankings profile

Awards
Preceded by Jessicah Schipper	Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Ye Shiwen