Tarren Otte

Tarren Otte (born 29 March 1984) is an Australian Olympic synchronized swimmer. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming.[1]

Tarren Otte
Personal information
Nickname(s)Tazza
NationalityAustralian
Born (1984-03-29) 29 March 1984
Victoria
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2012)
Weight58 kg (128 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country Australia
SportSynchronized swimming
College teamVictorian Institute Of Sport
ClubGolden Fish
TeamAustralian National Team
Coached byAnna Nepotacheva, Marina Kholod
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2012 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics

Personal

Otte was born on 29 March 1984 in Victoria.[2] She earned a Bachelor of Applied Science, enabling her to teach physical education.[3] As of 2012, she lives in Port Melbourne.[2]

Otte is 161 centimetres (5 ft 3 in) tall and weighs 58 kilograms (128 lb).[2]

Synchronized swimming

Otte is a synchronized swimmer,[2] starting in the sport when she was nine years old.[3] She also coaches other synchronized swimmers in Melbourne.[3] Continuing to be involved with sport at times was a struggle because of the finances involved in competing.[4]

In 2007, Otte competed at the FINA world championships in the team event.[5] The ten person team was the first Australian one to make it in the finals for the synchronised swimming free combination routine.[5] As a nineteen-year-old,[3] she competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[6][7][8][9][10] Part of the team's routine included pretending to be emus, kangaroos and crocodiles.[11] Her team came in seventh,[6][7] scoring 40,417 in the technical routine, 41,750 in the free routine, 41,333 in technical merit, and 42,167 in artistic impression.[12] During the Games, she had a lucky towel.[3]

Otte competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and failed to make the podium.[7][13] She was in fifth place with a score of 39.334 following the first part of the competition.[13] Following the second routine, she finished in fourth place after beating Katrina Abdul Hadi of Malaysia[14] and missing bronze by two points.[4] She had been considered a medal contender going into the Games.[15] Following the Commonwealth Games, she briefly retired from the sport.[4][7]

Otte was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming.[2][6][7][16] As a twenty-seven-year-old, she was the oldest member of the team.[7] The FINA World Championships held in Shanghai, China served as the 2012 Olympic qualifying event for the team. In the technical team portion, her team finished 18th and in the Free Team event, her team finished 17th.[17]

References
  1. "Tarren Otte Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. "London 2012 - Tarren Otte". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. "Tarren Otte: Grace above water — Athlete Profile - 2008 Beijing Olympic Games". ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. Liam FitzGibbon (7 October 2010). "Aussie synchro duo grab bronze". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  5. "Better show tipped in Australia's first final — Swimming — Sport". theage.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  6. "brisbane schoolgirl olga burtaev dancing into london olympics". Melbourne, Australia: Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. "Queenslanders lead synchronised swimmers to London". ABC Grandstand Sport — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 10 February 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  8. Matt, Will and Adam from Homewood School, Kent (12 August 2008). "School Report | Students' synchronised interview". BBC News. Retrieved 11 July 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. "It's sync or swim for Aussie pair". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  10. "Sync Swimming — Sports — Olympics". smh.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  11. "AM — Synchronised swimmers prepare for Beijing". ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 30 June 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  12. "Samantha Reid Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. 28 October 1988. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  13. AAP (6 October 2010). "Synchronised swimming pulls big crowds". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  14. "Boudreau-Gagnon keeps solo synchro crown in swimming". NDTV.com. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  15. "BBC Sport — Commonwealth Games 2010: Form guide — synchronised swimming". BBC News. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  16. "australias olympic synchronised swimming team named". The Age. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  17. "News". Qldsynchro.org.au. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
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