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Alicia Coutts

Alicia Coutts
Personal information
Full name Alicia Jayne Coutts
Nickname(s) "Couttsy", "Leshy"
National team  Australia
Born (1987-09-14) 14 September 1987 (age 29)
Brisbane, Queensland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, freestyle, medley
Club Redlands Swim Club
Coach John Fowlie

Alicia Jayne Coutts, OAM (born 14 September 1987) is an Australian former medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Commonwealth Games (New Delhi). She was an Swimming Australia National Training Centre scholarship holder and was coached by John Fowlie. Her haul of five medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics matches Ian Thorpe and Shane Gould in one single Olympics.

Coutts was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She attended St Matthews Primary School and Chisholm Catholic College.

Coutts competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she ended up fifth in the 200-metre individual medley.

At the Pan Pacs, she took two relay silver medals and bronze in the 100 m butterfly.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the 100-metre butterfly, 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre individual medley, as well as contributing to the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and 4×100-metre medley relay, bringing her total haul to 5 gold medals. She carried the Australian flag at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. She was named the Telstra Australian Swimmer of the Year for 2010.


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