Lianna Swan
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| Full name | Lianna Catherine Swan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United Kingdom  Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lianna Catherine Swan, OLY (born 25 March 1997 in Awali, Bahrain)[1] is a British-Pakistani swimmer who holds seven Pakistani national records.[2] She specialises in breaststroke.[1] In July/August 2014, she represented Pakistan at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, UK. Lianna also represented Pakistan in 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati, India. Lianna represented Pakistan at the Rio Olympics 2016 and Tokyo Olympics 2020 in Women's 50m freestyle.[3]
Career
National
Swan won 9 gold and 3 silver medals during the National Championships held in June 2014. This qualified her for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
International
Swan has competed in the 2010 Asian Games; the 2011 FINA World Cup in Dubai, UAE and 2013 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4]
Swan will participate in 5 events: breaststroke - 50m & 100m; freestyle - 50m & 100m and individual medley - 200m, at the Glasgow Games in 2014. In her first event: 50m breaststroke, she broke her own national record of 00.37.11[5] by swimming her heat in 00.35.72 and placing third.[6] In the 100m freestyle event on 27 July 2014, she broke her own national record of 01:03:52[5] by swimming her heat in 01:03:32 and placing 6th.[7]
In February 2016, Lianna won gold medal in the women's 200m breaststroke in 2016 South Asian Games.[8]
