{{Short description|Australian swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Rebecca Creedy | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | alt = | caption = | fullname = Rebecca Creedy | nicknames = | nationality = {{AUS}} | strokes = Freestyle | club = Met Caloundra | coach = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|3|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}} {{MedalBronze | 1998 Perth | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Hong Kong | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Hong Kong | 4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 1999 Sydney | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1999 Sydney | 4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Sydney | 100 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | 4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 100 m freestyle}} }} '''Rebecca Creedy''' (born 12 March 1983)<ref name=r2/><ref name=r3/> is an Australian swimmer who won three bronze medals in freestyle relays at the World Championships in 1998 and 1999.<ref name=r1/> Rebecca Creedy won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games. Creedy attended Southern Cross Catholic College in Redcliffe, QLD Australia.
She later switched to triathlon and won national ironman tournaments in 2009 and 2012.<ref>[http://www.perthnow.com.au/swimming-medallist-rebecca-creedy-wins-national-ironman-series-at-tugun/story-e6frey6i-1225807451663 Swimming medallist Rebecca Creedy wins national ironman series at Tugun]. Perth Now (22 September 2012 ).</ref><ref>Jeremy Pierce (1 April 2012). [http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/shannon-eckstein-claims-fifth-australian-ironman-title-rebecca-creedy-takes-womens-race/story-e6frep5o-1226315833599 Shannon Eckstein claims fifth Australian ironman title; Rebecca Creedy takes women's race]. The Courier-Mail</ref> She has a bachelor's degree in environmental science and lives in Maroochydore. She has twin brothers.<ref name=r2/>
==See also== * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women) * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>[http://www.les-sports.info/natation-creedy-rebecca-resultats-identite-s10-c2-b4-o8-w80872.html Rebecca CREEDY]. les-sports.info.</ref> <ref name=r2>[http://surfironmanseries.com/ironwomen/rebecca-creedy Rebecca Creedy]. surfironmanseries.com</ref> <ref name=r3>[http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2536 Athlete Biography: Rebecca CREEDY - Australia]. thecgf.com</ref> http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/past-heroes-in-rocky-pool-as-gc-revels-in-games-wi/1176036/ }}
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