Rebecca Soni is a swimmer who has competed for the United States. She qualified for the U.S. swimming team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games. She won a total of six medals throughout her Olympic career, including two individual golds in the 200 metres breaststroke. She also held the world record for a year until Rikke Møller Pedersen lowered it at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Soni became the first woman in history to swim her signature race under the 2:20 barrier and the first to successfully defend her title in the event's Olympic history.
Olympic Results[]
Year | Event | Rank |
---|---|---|
2008 | Women's 100m breaststroke | |
Women's 200m breaststroke | ||
Women's 4x100m medley relay | ||
2012 | Women's 100m breaststroke | |
Women's 200m breaststroke | ||
Women's 4x100m medley relay |
2008[]
Discipline | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
100 metres breaststroke | Heats | 1:07.44 | |
Semifinal | 1:07.07 | ||
Final | 1:06.73 | ||
200 metres breaststroke | Heats | 2:22.17 | OR |
Semifinal | 2:22.64 | ||
Final | 2:20.22 | WR | |
4x100 metres medley relay | Heats | 3:59.15 (Reserve) |
|
Final | 3:53.30 (1:05.95 split) |
AR |
2012[]
Discipline | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
100 metres breaststroke | Heats | 1:05.75 | |
Semifinal | 1:05.98 | ||
Final | 1:05.55 | ||
200 metres breaststroke | Heats | 2:21.40 | |
Semifinal | 2:20.00 | WR | |
Final | 2:19.59 | WR | |
4x100 metres medley relay | Heats | 3:58.88 (Reserve) |
|
Final | 3:52.05 (1:04.82 split) |
WR |