Rachel Komisarz
Rachel Komisarz ( born December 5, 1976 in Detroit ) is an American swimmer.
Career
She lives with her husband, the bodybuilder Jeff Baugh, in Louisville, Kentucky. There she is part of the Lakeside Swim Team, where she is coached by Mike DeBoor. It reached its first major success with the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona in 2003, where she became world champion. At the Olympic Sommerpspiele, 2004 in Athens, she swam in the lead for the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, which then took the final in a world record time Olympic gold and in the run for the 4 × 200 m medley relay that took second place in the final.
The largest international achievements came at the Short Course World Championships 2008 in Manchester, where she won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. She was also vice-world champion in the 100 m butterfly, which she also presented her class with an individual decision to the test. At the U.S. Olympic Trials 2008 they prevailed not critical as third place on the 100 m butterfly distance. She swam slower than their personal best in Atlanta last year by 76 hundredths and thus had Christine Magnuson and Elaine Breeden left the Olympic ticket.
Records
Personal Records
Explanations
- AR - America record
Long Course
- 50 m butterfly - 00:26,41 (March 31, 2007 in Melbourne)
- 100 m butterfly - 00:57,60 (December 2, 2007 in Atlanta )
Short Course
- 50 m butterfly - 00:25,70 AR (April 11, 2008 in Manchester )
- 100 m butterfly - 00:56,32 AR (April 13, 2008 in Manchester )