Emily Seebohm Takes Home Silver for Australia

Emily Seebohm Takes Home Silver for Australia

Worldwide Olympic Partner Procter & Gamble congratulates Emily Seebohm and her team mates for winning a silver medal in the 100m medley relay on the eighth day of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The Pantene ambassador, who has now won three medals, is a member of the Australian swim team. She first helped secure gold in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay by placing first in heat two on July 28th, before taking silver in the women's 100m backstroke on July 30th, for which she set an Olympic record of 58.23sec in the final heat on July 29th.

On Saturday 4th August, Seebohm stopped the clock at 59.01sec in her leg of the medley relay, with the team completing the race in 3min 55.73 sec.

As the Proud Sponsor of Mums, P&G also extended congratulations to Karen Seebohm. P&G recognises that no athlete makes it to the Olympic Games alone. And athletes' mums are nearly always a key part of their Olympic journeys.

As P&G is in the business of helping mums, it is using its voice at the Olympic Games to say "thank you" to mums for all they do to help their kids achieve their dreams. Its Thank You Mum campaign is the largest scale initiative in the company's 175-year history.

Maile Carnegie for P&G, said, "This is an extraordinary accomplishment, and on behalf of P&G, I am delighted for Emily Seebohm and her team mates, Karen Seebohm and family."

Emily Seebohm said: "I'm so proud of what we achieved as a team for Australia. Everyone swam their best and pushed themselves to the limit. It was a tough race but we managed to pull through and take the silver medal for our country."

Of her daughter's performance in the relay, Karen said: "She did a fantastic job and I couldn't be happier for her. The other mums and I are just so proud of our girls."

Read our interview with Karen Seebohm here: www.femail.com.au/karen-seebohm-raising-an-olympian-interview
See quick fire facts from Emily Seebohm here: www.girl.com.au/emily-seebohm-pantene-ambassador-and-olympic-swimmer

The Thank You Mum campaign has been brought to life through a variety of media channels and in-store with a worldwide retailer program that began in April and will run through August. Olympic Games-themed P&G branded products will be featured in millions of stores across the globe. As a part of the P&G Thank You Mum promotion, P&G has committed to raise $5 million to support local youth sports programs in many countries, through a portion of sales and donations from the company's leadership brands including Pampers®, Tide®, Gillette® and Pantene®.

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