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time of one minute 16.74 seconds. A bronze medal was won by
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swimmer. She is former world record holder in the women's S8 100 m backstroke, 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle events. As of June 2017, she still holds
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Frederiksen's bloodstream. Frederiksen is asthmatic, and had used the medication to abort a severe asthma attack. She received a 6 months doping ban, backdated to the day of the drug test, and had to forfeit the two medals she won later in the competition.
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At the end of 2004, Frederiksen suffered a serious accident that left her with limited use of her right arm and leg, and the need to use a wheelchair. Her doctors told her she would never swim again, and when she tried she found herself swimming in circles.
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win the gold in the 400 m and I just said to myself, 'I'm not ready to finish. I'll finish when I want to finish, not when someone else tells me to'"—she had previously competed against
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988:"British Swimming battle to support Heather Frederiksen after doping ban"
713:"Heather Frederiksen proves the doctors wrong with gold medal in Beijing"
1124:"Double Paralympic champion swimmer Frederiksen retires to start family"
898:. The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Archived from
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Following her accident, Frederiksen returned to competition in the
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classification, and has won eight
Paralympic medals in all.
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Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
1102:"Heather Frederiksen: Paralympic swimming champion retires"
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In October 2012 Heather Frederiksen (and silver medallist
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1227:World record holders in paralympic swimming
1212:Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
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1031:"Heather Frederiksen – Events and results"
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1267:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
601:2009 IPC Swimming European Championships
1242:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
1207:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
1146:"Gold and world record for Frederiksen"
746:"Athlete Biography FREDERIKSEN Heather"
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681:Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
671:List of Paralympic records in swimming
98:69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
1202:Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain
666:List of IPC world records in swimming
125:City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team
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1247:British female breaststroke swimmers
1237:English sportspeople in doping cases
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922:"Frederiksen leads swimming charge"
850:. The Bolton News. 25 February 2013
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870:"A-Z of Paralympic classification"
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711:Hart, Simon (11 September 2008).
1292:21st-century British sportswomen
1287:Paralympic medalists in swimming
1192:People from Billinge, Merseyside
1033:. london2012.com. Archived from
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896:"Medallists GBR – Great Britain"
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533:Early life and education
217:100 m backstroke S8
196:100 m backstroke S8
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809:"Para Swimming Records"
613:2012 Summer Paralympics
585:2008 Summer Paralympics
301:100 m freestyle S8
280:400 m freestyle S8
259:400 m freestyle S8
238:100 m freestyle S8
545:for secondary school.
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497:100 m backstroke – S9
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434:100 m butterfly – S8
413:400 m freestyle – S8
392:100 m freestyle – S8
41:Personal information
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511:Heather Frederiksen
371:50 m freestyle – S8
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