Lia neal biography template

  • lia neal biography template

    • Lia Neal Bio

    Date of Birth: February 13, 1995

    Sport: Swimming

    Height: 5-10

    DOB: 2/13/1995

    Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.

    Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.

    • Born and raised in Fort Greene, Brooklyn by her parents Rome and Siu Neal, who are of African-American and Chinese-American descent. She has three older brothers

    • Lia speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin

    Career Highlights Include:

    • 2012 Olympic Games: Bronze in 4x100m Freestyle Relay

    • First Afr. Am. woman to swim in an Olympic final

    • 2016 Olympic Games: Silver in 4x100m Freestyle Relay

    • First Afr. Am. woman to swim in multiple Olympic games

    • Member of the 2017 NCAA championship team

    • Co-captain of Stanford Women’s Swimming (2017)

    • Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2015, 2016, 2017) 

    • 26x All-American

    • Finished career with five school records

    • Finished career ranked second all-time at Stanford in the 50 free (21.65)

    • Finished career ranked second all-time at Stanf