Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington, OBE (born 17 February 1989) is a British former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle events in international competition. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle and 800-metre freestyle, breaking the 19-year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800-metre final. Adlington was Britain's first Olympic swimming champion since 1988, and the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals since 1908. She won bronze medals in both the women's 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle events in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On 5 February 2013, Adlington retired
Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent nine athletes and officials to represent the nation in three disciplines. Errol Knowles was the Chef de Mission Three athletes and one official represented this discipline. Trinidad & Tobago did not win any medals in 1948 for this discipline. One athlete and one official represented this discipline. Trinidad & Tobago did not win any medals in 1948 for this discipline. Compton Gonsalves placed 17th in the kilometer time trial with a time of 1 minute and 32 seconds. One athlete and one official represented this discipline. Rodney Wilkes won