Lianna Catherine Swan, OLY (born 25 March 1997 in Awali, Bahrain)Lianna Swan: Flying the flag for Pakistani Swimming Sports 360 25 July 2013 Retrieved 24 July 2014 is a British-Pakistani swimmer who holds seven Pakistani national records. She specialises in breaststroke. 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 in Women's 50m freestyle.
Background Swan was born in Bahrain to a Pakistani mother, Nadia and a British father. She is a dual national of both the UK and Pakistan. She took up swimming 6 years ago when she moved to Dubai, UAE.Pakistan Swan targets glory at the Commonwealth Games Dawn 23 July 2014 Retrieved 23 July 2014 She completed her A-Levels in Dubai at Jumeirah College.
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.This could be Lianna Swan's song in the Pool Osman Samiuddin The National 23 July 2014 Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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 00.37.11National Women's Open Swimming Records Pakistan Swimming Federation Retrieved 24 July 2014 by swimming her heat in 00.35.72 and placing third. Glasgow Commonwealth Games Official website. Retrieved 24 July 2014 In the 100m freestyle event on 27 July 2014, she broke her own national record of 01:03:52 by swimming her heat in 01:03:32 and placing 6th. Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 official website. Retrieved 27 July 2014
In February 2016, Lianna won gold medal in the women's 200m breaststroke in 2016 South Asian Games.
National records Freestyle 100m: 01:03:32 - Glasgow Commonwealth Games - 2014
Breaststroke 50m: 00:35:72 - Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, UK - 2014 100m: 01:19:61 - 15th FINA World Championships, Barcelona, Spain - July 13 200m: 02:48:86 - 12 South Asian Games - 6 Feb 2016
Individual Medley 200m: 02:32:61 - 15th FINA World Championships, Barcelona, Spain - July 13
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