Danish swimmer (born 1989)
Rikke Møller Pedersen
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Rikke_M%C3%B8ller_Pedersen.JPG/200px-Rikke_M%C3%B8ller_Pedersen.JPG) Møller Pedersen at the 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres
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National team
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Denmark
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Born
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1989-01-09
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9 January 1989
(age 35)
Odense
, Denmark
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Height
| 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
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Sport
| Swimming
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Strokes
| Breaststroke
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Club
| Herning Svømmeklub / NTC
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Coach
| Shannon Rollason
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Rikke Møller Pedersen
(born 9 January 1989) is a Danish competitive
swimmer
specialising in
breaststroke
and from 2013 to 2021 world record holder in the 200 m breaststroke (2:19.11).
[1]
[2]
[3]
Career
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In 2009, Møller Pedersen won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the
European Short Course Swimming Championships
.
[4]
In 2010, she won a
Bronze Medal
in the 200 m breaststroke at the
World Short Course Swimming Championships
, while she placed second in the 100 m breaststroke and third in the 200 m breaststroke at the
European Aquatics Championships
.
[4]
At the
2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships
, she won two gold medals, in the 4×50 m medley relay and in the 200 m breaststroke respectively, and a
Silver Medal
in the 100 m breaststroke.
[4]
In 2012, Møller Pedersen competed at the
Summer Olympics
for the first time.
[4]
At the
2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships
in
Chartres
she placed first in the 100 m breaststroke and she set the European record with a time of 1:04.12.
[5]
In this edition of the European Short Course Championships, she also won the 200 m breaststroke
[6]
and the 4×50 m medley relay events,
[7]
while she placed second in the 50 m breaststroke.
[8]
At the
2012 World Short Course Swimming Championships
in
Istanbul
, she won the 200 m breaststroke event with a winning time of
2:16.08, the new championship record.
[9]
In Istanbul, she also placed third in the 100 m breaststroke
[10]
and first in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
[11]
At the 2013 Danish Open Championships, she broke the European record in the 200 m breaststroke (long course) swimming in 2:20.53.
The previous record belonged to Russian
Yuliya Yefimova
who had set a time of 2:20.92 at the 2012 London Olympics.
[12]
At the
2013 World Aquatics Championships
, Møller Pedersen broke
Rebecca Soni
's 200 m breaststroke world record in the semifinals with 2:19.11,
[13]
but she finished 2nd in the final behind Russian
Yuliya Yefimova
with a time of 2:20.08.
[14]
At the
2016 Summer Olympics
in Rio de Janeiro, she won a bronze medal as a part of the
4 × 100 m medley relay
alongside
Jeanette Ottesen
,
Mie Ø. Nielsen
and
Pernille Blume
. Here they also broke the European record with a time of 3:55.01.
In April 2017 Rikke Møller Pedersen competed in the Danish Open national qualifiers for the upcoming World Championships in Budapest. She took part in the 100 m breaststroke event and finished first with a time of 1:07.33, which qualified her for the World Championships.
[15]
Rikke Møller Pedersen competed in the 2017 Stockholm Swim Cup. In the 50 m breaststroke event she finished third with a time of 31.45.
[16]
She won the 200 m breaststroke event by posting a time of 2:25.59.
[17]
After a distinguished career spanning over several Olympic Games, she announced her retirement in January 2019 via posts on her Facebook and Instagram profiles.
References
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External links
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- 2014
:
Denmark
(
Nielsen
,
Pedersen
,
Ottesen
,
Blume
)
- 2016
:
United States
(
DeLoof
,
King
,
Worrell
,
Konopka
)
- 2018
:
United States
(
Smoliga
,
Meili
,
Dahlia
,
Comerford
)
- 2021
:
Sweden
(
L. Hansson
,
S. Hansson
,
Sjostrom
,
Coleman
)
- 2022
:
Australia
(
O'Callaghan
,
Hodges
,
McKeon
,
Wilson
)
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- 1993
:
China
(
Le
,
He
,
Liu
,
Dai
)
- 1995
:
Australia
(
Overton
,
Riley
,
Kennedy
,
O'Neill
)
- 1997
:
China
(
Lu
,
Han
,
Cai
,
Le
)
- 1999
:
Japan
(
Nakamura
,
Tanaka
,
Aoyama
,
Minamoto
)
- 2000
:
Sweden
(
Alshammar
,
Igelstrom
,
Sjoberg
,
Kammerling
)
- 2002
:
Sweden
(
Alshammar
,
Igelstrom
,
Kammerling
,
Sjoberg
)
- 2004
:
Australia
(
Edington
,
Hanson
,
Schipper
,
Lenton
)
- 2006
:
Australia
(
Zimmer
,
Edmistone
,
Schipper
,
Lenton
)
- 2008
:
United States
(
Hoelzer
,
Hardy
,
Komisarz
,
Denby
)
- 2010
:
China
(
Zhao
,
Zhao
,
Liu
,
Tang
)
- 2012
:
Denmark
(
Nielsen
,
Pedersen
,
Ottesen
,
Blume
)
- 2014
:
Denmark
(
Nielsen
,
Pedersen
,
Ottesen
,
Blume
)
- 2016
:
United States
(
DeLoof
,
King
,
Worrell
,
Comerford
)
- 2018
:
United States
(
Smoliga
,
Meili
,
Dahlia
,
Comerford
)
- 2021
:
Sweden
(
L. Hansson
,
S. Hansson
,
Sjostrom
,
Coleman
)
- 2022
:
United States
(
Curzan
,
King
,
Huske
,
Douglass
)
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Nielsen
,
Pedersen
,
Ottesen
,
Blume
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Dawson
,
Tutton
,
O'Connor
,
Halsall
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Fesikova
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Yefimova
,
Chimrova
,
Kameneva
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Dawson
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Renshaw
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Stephens
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Hopkin
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Rosvall
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- 2005:
Netherlands
(
Schreuder
,
Nijhuis
,
Dekker
,
Veldhuis
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- 2006:
Germany
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Pietsch
,
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(
Schreuder
,
Nijhuis
,
Dekker
,
Kromowidjojo
)
- 2011:
Denmark
(
Nielsen
,
Møller Pedersen
,
Ottesen
,
Blume
)
- 2012:
Denmark
(
Thomsen
,
Møller Pedersen
,
Ottesen
,
Blume
)
- 2013:
Denmark
(
Nielsen
,
Møller Pedersen
,
Ottesen
,
Blume
)
- 2015:
Netherlands
(
Vermeulen
,
Nijhuis
,
Dekker
,
Kromowidjojo
)
- 2017:
Sweden
(
Rosvall
,
Hansson
,
Sjostrom
,
Coleman
)
- 2019:
Poland
(
Tchorz
,
Sztandera
,
Fiedkiewicz
,
Wasick
)
- 2021:
Russia
(
Kameneva
,
Godun
,
Surkova
,
Klepikova
)
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