Annabelle Carey

{{short description|New Zealand swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}}

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| fullname = Annabelle Jane Carey

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| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = Wharenui Swim Club

| coach = Alistair Johnson

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|3|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nelson, New Zealand

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Annabelle Jane Carey (born 11 March 1989) is a New Zealand former competitive swimmer, who specialised in breaststroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Annabelle Carey|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/annabelle-carey-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114316/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/annabelle-carey-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 2 May 2013}} As of 2006, she currently holds a New Zealand record of 1:09.26 in the 100 m breaststroke from the World Championship Trials in Auckland.{{cite news|title=Carey breaks own record|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/934853/2422056/article.html|publisher=TVNZ|date=15 December 2006|access-date=2 May 2013}} In the same year she helped out the New Zealand team to pull off a fourth-place effort in the medley relay at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, with a record-breaking time of 4:06.30.{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Final|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/results/4783264.stm|work=Melbourne 2006|publisher=BBC Sport|date=21 March 2006|access-date=2 May 2013}}

Carey qualified for two events as New Zealand's youngest swimmer (aged 15) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:12.57 (100 m breaststroke) at the Olympic trials in Auckland.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010406000E000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=24 March 2013}}{{cite news|title=NZ Olympic Team Profiles: Swimming|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/433576/411317.html|publisher=TVNZ|date=30 June 2004|access-date=30 April 2013}} In the 100 m breaststroke, she challenged seven other swimmers in the third heat, including fellow 15-year-old Lee Ji-young of South Korea. She rounded out the field to last place and thirty-fifth overall by 0.28 of second, behind Lee in 1:13.21.{{cite web|title=Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535098.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|access-date=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Women’s 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7809.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=15 August 2004 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703013421/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7809.asp |archive-date= 3 July 2006 }} She also teamed up with Hannah McLean, Elizabeth Coster, and Alison Fitch in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Swimming the breaststroke leg in heat one, Carey recorded a time of 1:11.98, but the New Zealand team settled for sixth place and thirteenth overall in a final time of 4:10.37.{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 1|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3531372.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 August 2004|access-date=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Women's 400 Medley Relay, Prelims Day 7: Aussies Qualify Ahead of USA in Two-Way Battle for Gold |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7917.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=20 August 2004 |access-date=26 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203054027/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7917.asp |archive-date= 3 February 2014 }}

Carey also sought her second Olympic bid to compete for the New Zealand team in Beijing 2008. She was an all-time favourite in the national trials, campaigning for her second Olympic stint. In an all-important final, Carey lost her goggles upon diving in. She managed to finish in second place behind Zoe Baker, but missed out on an Olympic spot.{{cite news|title=Lost goggles blow Carey's games chances|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/340153/Lost-goggles-blow-Careys-games-chances|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|date=31 March 2008|access-date=2 May 2013}}