Nadine Bernadette Neumann (born 3 December 1975) is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer.

Nadine Neumann
Personal information
Full nameNadine Bernadette Neumann
NicknameWobbles
National team Australia
Born (1975-12-03) 3 December 1975 (age 49)
Sydney, New South Wales
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubRyde-Carlile Swimming Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1995 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke

She overcame chronic fatigue syndrome at the age of 15, and was denied an Olympic birth in Barcelona because of a broken neck. She competed for Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she finished in sixth position, clocking 2:28.34 in the final of the 200-metre breaststroke.[1] She captained the Australian Swimming Team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and 1999 Pan Pacific Championships, competing in the 400-metre Individual Medley, 200-metre Butterfly and 800-metre Freestyle events as well as the breaststroke.

Upon retiring from competitive swimming, Neumann was a motivational speaker[2] and worked in public relations and marketing, before becoming a high school teacher.

Neumann's memoir, An Olympic Story, won the 2009 IP Picks Award for Best Creative Non-Fiction and was published the same year. She has published a number of other short pieces and news articles[3] and is currently working on a series of picture books, a middle-grade fantasy novel, and an historical fiction novel based on the lives of her two grandmothers.

She lives with her husband and four young children in the Hunter Valley, NSW.

References

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  1. ^ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. ^ Nadine Neumann, motivational speaker
  3. ^ News articles by Neumann
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