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| Full name | Meagen Marree Nay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Megz" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (age 37) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke,freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | St Peters Western | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Michael Bohl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Meagen Marree Nay (born 5 October 1988) is a competitiveswimmer from Australia. She competed in the2008 Olympic Games in the 200-metre backstroke and placed seventh in the final. Nay is a formerAustralian record holder in the 200-metrebackstroke.[1]
She is the daughter ofRobert Nay, who competed at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich, Germany. However, her father did not live to see her swim, having been killed in a car crash in 1992. Her brother, Amos Nay, was killed in July 2009, also in a car crash.[2] Nay was due to swim the 200-metre backstroke and 200-metre freestyle at the2009 World Championships, but returned home to grieve her brother's death after swimming in the preliminaries of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, which earned a bronze medal in the final.[3]
At the2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Nay won the 200-metre backstroke in a Games record of 2.07.56.
Nay trains alongsideStephanie Rice at the St Peter's Western Swimming Club underMichael Bohl.
At the2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 200 m backstroke, finishing 5th in final.[4]
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