Alia Atkinson

Alia Atkinson
Santa Clara 2012
Personal information
Full nameAlia Shanee Atkinson
National team Jamaica
Born (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35)[1]
Saint James Parish, Jamaica[2]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
ClubSouth Florida Aquatic Club
College teamTexas A&M University
CoachChris Anderson
Steve Bultman (A&M)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Jamaica
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 100 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2016 Windsor 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 50m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 100 m breaststroke
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto 100 m breaststroke
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 50 m breastroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2006 Cartagena 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla 100 m butterfly

Alia Shanee Atkinson, СD (born 11 December 1988) is a Jamaican five-time Olympian and a former competitive swimmer whose international competition career spanned 19 years, 2003 to 2021 inclusive, at the senior level. At short course World Swimming Championships, she is a ten-time medalist in individual events, including four gold medals, four silver medals, and two bronze medals. She won a total of 124 medals, of which 74 were gold medals, at Swimming World Cup circuits over the course of her career. She won 14 total medals in individual events, 11 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze, from her first three Central American and Caribbean Games, in 2006, 2010, and 2018.

In 2014, Atkinson became the first Afro-Jamaican to win a world title in swimming, winning the short course 100-metre breaststroke at the 2014 World Swimming Championships with a world record time of 1:02.36. In 2016, she tied her world record in the short course 100 metre breaststroke on 26 August before setting a new world record in the short course 50-metre breaststroke on 26 October. Two years later, on 6 October 2018, she set her second new world record in the short course 50-metre breaststroke, marking her fourth world record time in an individual event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she became the second Jamaican swimmer to place in the top four at an Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the 100-metre breaststroke.

  1. ^ a b "Alia Atkinson: Profile". FINA. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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