Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics April, with open water event swimmers selected after performance in the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships, in Seville, Spain. In winning six medals (two gold, two silver and two bronze) the team bettered the target of three medals set by UK Sport. The most successful swimmer was Rebecca Adlington who won two gold medals. Her 400 m freestyle success was Britain's first Olympic swimming title since 1988, and the first swimming gold by a British woman since 1960. Her second gold, in the 800 m freestyle, meant she also equalled the best performance by a British woman, from any
Rebecca Win Rebecca Win Rebecca Win (, ; born May Hnin Nu ( ) on 15 February 1986) is a Burmese professional model and a popular advert actress on Burmese TV as well as a Burmese pop music singer. One of four siblings, Win was born May Hnin Nu to a Burmese father and a Kachin mother. She was moved to Yangon when she was just six months old. Win converted to Christianity while she joined the church choir at age six. As of 2006, she was a final year Japanese major at the University of Foreign Languages, Yangon. Win was first