Rikke Møller Pedersen

Rikke Møller Pedersen (born 9 January 1989) is a Danish competitive swimmer specialising in breaststroke and the current long course world record holder in the 200 m breaststroke (2:19.11 set in 2013).[1][2][3]

Rikke Møller Pedersen
Møller Pedersen at the 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres
Personal information
National team Denmark
Born (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989
Odense, Denmark
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubHerning Svømmeklub / NTC
CoachShannon Rollason

Career

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
  1. Dam, Camilla. "Rikke Møller Pedersen skifter fra Odense til Herning". dr.dk. DK. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. Grace, Jeff. "Rikke Moller Pedersen makes a change of address". swimswam.com. SwimSwam Partners, LLC. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. Rikke Pedersen's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Rikke's Profile" (in Danish). ol.dk. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  5. "Hannah Miley, Rikke Moeller Pedersen set euro records on last night of Euro Short Course Champs". Swimming World Magazine. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  6. "2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  7. "2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 4×50m Medley Final Results". Omega Timing. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  8. "2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  9. "Zhao Jing, Rikke Moeller Pedersen, Kazuya Kineda set meet marks". Swimming World Magazine. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  10. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  11. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 4×100m Medley Final Results". Omega Timing. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  12. "Rikke Moeller Pedersen breaks 200 breast European record at Danish Open Trials". swimswam.com. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  13. "World Record! Rikke Moller Pedersen nearly clears 2:19 in 200 breast semis". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  14. "15th FINA World Championships – Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  15. svoem.dk. "Rikke Møller Pedersen klarer VM-kravet på 100 bryst". www.svoem.dk. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  16. "Sjöström Shines, Two Swedish Nat'l Records Fall in Stockholm". SwimSwam. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  17. "Sarah Sjostrom Thunders To 23.83 World Textile Best To Prune Blume". SwimVortex. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
Records
Preceded by
Rebecca Soni		 World Record Holder
Women's 200 Breaststroke
1 August 2013 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Valentina Artemyeva		 European Record Holder
Women's 100 Breaststroke (25m)
25 October 2009 – 15 December 2012		 Succeeded by
Rūta Meilutytė
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