Irene Dalby
Encyclopedia
Irene Karine Dalby is a former international swimmer
from Norway
, who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is a three-time Olympian for her native country.
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
from Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is a three-time Olympian for her native country.
Honours
- 1986: 1 bronze medal (800 m freestyle) at the European Junior Championship
- 1989: 1 bronze medal (800 m freestyle) at the European Championships, Silver in the FINA Swimming World Cup (Distance) freestyle)
- 1991: 2 gold medal (400 m freestyle and (800 m freestyle in the European Championships
- 1993: 1 silver medal (800 m freestyle and 1 bronze medal (400 m freestyle at the European Championships
- 1995: 2 bronze medals (400 m freestyle and (800 m freestyle in the European Championships
Personal bests
When Dalby retired as swimmer she sat this personal bests in short course:- 57.13 on 100 m freestyle
- 2:00.44 on 200 m freestyle
- 4:07.88 on 400 m freestyle
- 8:26.81 on 800 m freestyle