Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice is a woman endowed with grace, beauty, talent and skill and has become famous for her exploits in the Olympic pool.
Early Accomplishments
She bagged her first gold at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200m and 400m events at 17 years, defeating 2 Olympians in the process.
3 years later, she broke the world record in the 400m event at the Australian Olympic trials.
Best Known For
Stephanie hit world fame when she won 3 gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in the 200m and 400m individual events and the 4×200m relay event, smashing the world record in each of the events.
She became awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2009.
Sexual Orientation
Stephanie is straight. She was famously in a 2-year relationship with swimmer Eamon Sullivan in 2006 and later in 2008 with Michael Phelps for a short period. Asides these, she has also dated Rory Maguire.
Family
She is the daughter of Warren and Raelene Clark. She is presently unmarried and doesn't have kids.
Religion
The religious practices and beliefs of Stephanie Rice are currently unknown.
Worth To Know
In 2002, she made a homophobic slur on Twitter towards the South African rugby team. She apologised for the outburst but lost her sponsorship deal with car manufacturers, Jaguar.
She is, at the present, a swimming coach with a private training service based in Los Angeles.
She called her time on professional swimming up in 2014.
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