Personal information | |
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Full name | Joshua Noel Laban |
Nickname | Josh |
National team | Virgin Islands |
Born | Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands | December 25, 1982
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | St. Croix Dolphins Coral Springs Swim Club |
College team | University of Georgia (U.S.) |
Joshua Noel Laban (born December 25, 1982)[1] is an Olympic swimmer from the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was the USVI's flagbearer for the 2008 Olympics and the 2007 Pan American Games. He attended college and swam at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He obtained a medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Miami.[2]