Samantha Riley

Samantha Riley
Personal information
Full nameSamantha Linette Pearl Riley
National teamAustralia
Born (1972-11-13) 13 November 1972 (age 51)
Brisbane, Queensland
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubCommercial Swimming Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 4×100m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 100m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 100m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1994 Rome 100m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1994 Rome 200m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1995 Rio 100m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1995 Rio 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1995 Rio 4x100m medley
Silver medal – second place 1999 Hong Kong 4x100m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Palma 100m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Palma 200m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Hong Kong 100m breaststroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 4x100m medley
Gold medal – first place 1997 Fukuoka 100m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1997 Fukuoka 200m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1991 Edmonton 100m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1991 Edmonton 200m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1993 Kobe 100m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1993 Kobe 4x100m medley
Silver medal – second place 1997 Fukuoka 4x100m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria 100m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria 4x100m medley
Gold medal – first place 1998 K.Lumpur 200m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1998 K.Lumpur 100m breaststroke

Samantha Linette Pearl Riley OAM (born 13 November 1972) is an Australian former competitive swimmer. She is of Aboriginal descent.[1][2] She specialised in breaststroke and competed for Australia in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning three medals. She trained under Scott Volkers at the Commercial Swimming Club in Brisbane.[citation needed] She was the first Indigenous Australian to win an Olympic medal.[3]

  1. ^ "Indigenous Olympic Medallists". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 27 August 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Swim icon, Ironman champ's marriage reportedly over after 22 years". Fox Sports Australia. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.