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 (Lancashire) station is situated, will be electrified which should reduce journey times to Manchester by up to ten minutes . There have been many delays but completion is expected before December 2018. Adlington railway station (Lancashire) Adlington railway station serves the town of Adlington, near Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is a two-platform station on the Chorley-Bolton line. This is part of the Northern service link between Preston and Manchester. Until 1960 Adlington was also served by a station named White Bear (on the Lancashire Union Railway). On 15 June 1837 by act of Parliament, the Bolton and Preston Railway Company