Margie Pedder

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| fullname = Margaretha Pedder

| nicknames = "Margie"

| national_team = {{GBR2}}

| strokes = Butterfly

| club = Portsmouth Northsea Swim Club & USC

| coach = Chris Nesbit

| collegeteam = University of Southern California

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, England

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Margaretha Pedder (born 27 June 1980) is an English former competitive swimmer who specialised in butterfly events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Margaretha Pedder|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/margaretha-pedder-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/margaretha-pedder-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 21 June 2013}}

Swimming career

Pedder is the former British record holder in both the 100m butterfly and the 200m butterfly and became a semifinalist in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Later she captured a bronze medal when her nation England hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games. During her sporting career, Pedder trained with the Portsmouth Northsea Swim Club under head coach Chris Nesbit and later at the University of Southern California under Mark Schubert.

Pedder competed in a butterfly double, as a member of Team GB, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She eclipsed FINA A-standards of 1:00.74 (100 m butterfly) and 2:10.57 (200 m butterfly) from the British Olympic Trials in Sheffield.{{cite news|last=Lord |first=Craig |title=Three British Records Fall on Day Two of Olympic Trials |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1625.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624173616/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1625.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2013 |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=26 July 2000 |access-date=2 June 2013 }}{{cite news|last=Lonsborough|first=Anita|title=Swimming: Horner out of time as Earp shines|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/4762385/Swimming-Horner-out-of-time-as-Earp-shines.html|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 July 2000|access-date=2 June 2013}}{{cite news|title=Duncan, Whitehead Star on Day Five of British Trials|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1635.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=29 July 2000|access-date=21 June 2013}} On the first day of the Games, Pedder placed thirtieth in the 100 m butterfly. Swimming in heat four, she escaped from last at the turn to edge out Finland's Marja Pärssinen by 0.41 seconds for the seventh seed in 1:01.53.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 4 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=225 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|last=Newberry|first=Paul|title=Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615211705/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 June 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=16 September 2000|access-date=28 May 2013}} Three days later, in the 200 m butterfly, Pedder advanced to the top 16, and finished her semifinal run with an eleventh-place time and a lifetime best of 2:10.49.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Semifinal 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=230 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Thorpe helps Aussies to relay gold|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_aus.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624193144/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_aus.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 June 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=18 September 2000|access-date=21 June 2013}}

When her nation England hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Pedder enjoyed the race by a massive roar of a home crowd, as she took home the bronze in the 200 m butterfly at 2:11.60, extending a delightful feast for the Brits with a two–three finish.{{cite news|title=Thomas takes fourth Games gold|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/SPORTS/Aquatics/News/default.asp?id=1120&folder=Aquatics|publisher=Manchester 2002|date=4 August 2002|access-date=21 June 2013}}

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres butterfly title in 2000 {{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502647877/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=088aa896|title="For the record." Times, 27 July 2000, p. ^|newspaper=The Times|date=27 July 2000 }} and the 200 metres butterfly title four times in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501173309/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=4de92993|title="For the Record." Times, 12 July 1996, p. 37|newspaper=The Times|date=12 July 1996 |page=37 }}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500849050/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=17db8d2d|title="For the Record." Times, 18 July 1997, p. 42|newspaper=The Times|date=18 July 1997 |page=42 }}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501262349/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=36f6fae9|title="For the Record." Times, 10 July 1998, p. 49|newspaper=The Times|date=10 July 1998 |page=49 }}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500235401/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=97e25f7f|title="For the Record." Times, 9 July 1999, p. 49|newspaper=The Times|date=9 July 1999 |page=49 }}

Pedder also competed in U.S collegiate swimming for the University of Southern California, where she became a three-time All-American in the mile and 800 freestyle relay.