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
Adlington railway station (Cheshire) Privatisation of British Railways. From 14 December 2008 trains operate on an hourly pattern, terminating at Stoke-on-Trent (southbound) or Manchester Piccadilly (northbound). Some early morning/late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield. There are five trains each way on Sundays. Adlington railway station (Cheshire) Adlington (Cheshire) railway station serves the village of Adlington in Cheshire, England. It was manned for many years but is now unstaffed. The station building is privately owned. There is a ticket machine, which passengers can purchase their ticket before boarding the train. Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland