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 Adlington Jump", but withdrew on 7 February 2016 having dislocated her shoulder during training. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Adlington formed part of the BBC presenting team for the swimming events, along with Helen Skelton and Mark Foster. She repeated this role at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships and at the 2018 European Championships, among others. Adlington participated in the thirteenth series of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!", which began airing on 17 November 2013 and was held in Australia. She finished in 6th place, being voted out by the public on 6 December 2013. Rebecca Adlington