Eydis Konráðsdóttir

Eydis Konráðsdóttir (born February 16, 1978) is an Icelandic former swimmer, who specialized in sprint butterfly events.[1] She represented Iceland in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also held an Icelandic record in the 100 m butterfly until it was later broken by Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir and Sarah Blake Bateman within the 2000s decade. Konradsdottir is a medicine undergraduate at the University of New South Wales, and also married to Australia's medley swimmer and three-time Olympian Matthew Dunn.[2][3]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Eydis.
Eydis Konráðsdóttir
Personal information
Full nameEydis Konráðsdóttir
National teamIceland
Born (1978-02-16) 16 February 1978
Keflavík, Iceland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubKeflavík Íþrótta-og Ungmennafélag

Konradsdottir made her first Icelandic team, as an eighteen-year-old junior, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she competed in the 100 m butterfly. Swimming in heat three, she picked up a fifth seed and twenty-ninth overall in 1:03.41.[4]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Konradsdottir competed again in the 100 m butterfly. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:02.93 from the Mare Nostrum Meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France.[3][5][6] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Thailand's three-time Olympian Praphalsai Minpraphal. She posted a seventh-place time of 1:03.27 in her own race to edge out Trinidad and Tobago's Siobhan Cropper by 0.07 seconds. Konradsdottir failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall on the first day of prelims.[7][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eydis Konráðsdóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. Campion, Britta (3 September 2005). "Icelandic Butterfly". University of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  3. "Afrekskonur á Ólympíuleikanaļūst" [Women's achievements at the Olympics] (in Icelandic). Víkurfréttir. 16 August 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  4. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. "Eydís á leið til Ástralíuļūst" [Eydis goes to Australia] (in Icelandic). Víkurfréttir. 22 February 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  8. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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