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Meagen Marree Nay (born 5 October 1988) is a competitive swimmer from Australia. She competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 200-metre backstroke and placed seventh in the final. Nay is a former Australian record holder in the 200-metre backstroke.[1]

Meagen Nay

Personal information
Full name	Meagen Marree Nay
Nickname(s)	"Megz"
National team	Australia
Born	(1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 33) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, freestyle
Club	St Peters Western
Coach	Michael Bohl
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 4×200 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 200 m backstroke 2010 Delhi 4×200 m freestyle

She is the daughter of Robert Nay, who competed at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, 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 the 2009 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 the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Nay won the 200-metre backstroke in a Games record of 2.07.56.

Nay trains alongside Stephanie Rice at the St Peter's Western Swimming Club under Michael Bohl.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 200 m backstroke, finishing 5th in final.[4]

References

External links

• Meagen Nay at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Meagen Nay at the International Olympic Committee
• Meagen Nay at Olympedia
• Meagen Nay at the Commonwealth Games Federation
• Meagen Nay at FINA
• Meagen Nay at Swimming Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 September 2015)
• Meagen Nay on Twitter

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