Cassandra Patten
Cassandra ('Cassie') Lily Patten (born 1 January 1987 in Cardinham, Cornwall, United Kingdom) is a British open water and pool swimmer who excelled at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was an Olympic finalist in the 800-meter freestyle in the pool and a bronze medalist in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim.
Her last two major international competitions were the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China and the Great Scottish Swim in Scotland. She was articulate with the media and a highly competitive athlete who reached the pinnacle of her chosen aquatic disciplines. She was a judge at the 2012 H2Open Awards organized by H2Open Magazine, an award designed to celebrate achievement in open water swimming and a speaker at the annual Open Water Show, presented by H2Open Magazine.
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Early life
Patten attended Plymouth College as a swimming scholar from the age of 11 to 18 where she was the house captain of Chaytor's House. Cassie was coached in the highly successful Plymouth Leander Swimming [1] programme at this time.
Swimming career
At the British Championships in 2006 she won a bronze in the 400 m and a silver in the 800 m. At the British Championships in 2007 she won a bronze in the 400 m freestyle and a silver in the 200 m butterfly. In her third year at the championships she won silver in the 800 m freestyle.
She won a silver medal in the 10 km freestyle at the 2007 World championship at only three seconds behind Larisa Ilchenko, the gold medalist. Patten represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle and also in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim where she won a bronze medal.
2011 FINA World Championships
Cassandra placed 21st (2:02:33.6) in the 2011 FINA World Championships in the 10K in Shanghai, China.
Videos
External links
- The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swimming Races
- When Chris Guesdon Changed The Course Of Open Water History
- When Chris Guesdon Changed The Course Of Open Water History
- Simon Griffiths Explains ‘Just Doing It’ On WOWSA Live
- The Etiquette Of Drafting In The Open Water
- British Olympic Association athlete profile
- British Swimming athlete profile
- H2Open Magazine
- Crossover Athletes Enjoy A Great Present And Future
- The Open Water Show Must Go On
- Pool Swimming Coaches Transform Open Water Landscape
- Celebrities Chill At Charity Channel Challenge
- Sharon Van Rouwendaal, Stretching The Limits Of Versatility
- The Show Will Go On At The Henley Swim
- Why 2008 Was An Important Year
- How Fast Are Women Relative To Men In Swimming?
- The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swims - Part 1
- The Night And Day Of Olympic Swimming
- Trash Talking In The Tank
- Crossing Over From Pool To Open Water In Castaic Lake
- Practicing The Mellouli Double In Tokyo
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- What Is Your Mellouli Number?
- What Is Your Van Rouwendaal Number?
