Ellinora Overton (born 13 June 1974 in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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) is a former backstroke

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

 and medley

Medley swimming

Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...

 swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, starting in 1992

Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals....

. She won the bronze medal in the 200m Individual Medley at the inaugural 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships

1993 FINA Short Course World Championships

The 1st FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from December 2 until December 5, 1993. PR China won the most gold medals, although all of their ten came in the women's events, with Le Jingyi winning two individual and three relay events to travel home with five...

 in Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca

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, Spain

Spain

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, followed by the gold medal two years later in Rio de Janeiro

1995 FINA Short Course World Championships

The 2nd FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 30 November until 3 December 1995. This event was considered a trailblazer in the aspect of the organization of major championships in swimming...

.

When living in Australia, Overton swam with former Olympian Gary Winram.

She attended St. Ives High School

St. Ives High School

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in Sydney where she still holds many swimming carnival records.