Frances Adcock
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1984 –
Who is Frances Adcock?
Frances Adcock is a retired British-born Australian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Adcock moved to Adelaide, South Australia in her teenage years, where she worked as a resident athlete and a varsity player for the Western Sharks and Norwood Swimming Club.
Adcock is a three-time short-course Australian champion in the 200m backstroke breaking the Australian record for the event at the 2008 World SC Championship trials. Adcock qualified for the women's 200 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by attaining both her personal record and an A-standard entry time of 2:13.48 from the Telstra Olympic Swimming Trials in Sydney. In the morning's preliminary heats, Adcock secured a fifteenth overall spot for the next round, with a time of 2:14.85. On the evening session, however, Adcock fell short in her bid for the final, as she finished the semifinal run, with the slowest time of 2:15.69, more than two seconds behind her teammate Melissa Morgan.
Adcock retired from swimming to pursue her career as a sports and news journalist for ABC Wide Bay in Queensland.
Adcock contributes to national ABC programs 'The World Today' and 'AM'
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