Alana Dillette

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Alana Dillette
Personal information
Full nameAlana Kathryn Dillette
National teamFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Born (1987-12-02) December 2, 1987 (age 36)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
StrokesBack, IM
ClubSwift (BAH); Auburn (USA)
College team Auburn University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the Bahamas
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4x100 m medley

Alana Kathryn Dillette (born December 2, 1987) is an academic and Olympic swimmer from The Bahamas.

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Dillette swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics, [1] as well as at the 2007 Pan American Games. She attended and swam for the USA's Auburn University.

At the 2007 Pan American Games she was part of the bronze medal winning women's 4 × 100 m medley relay alongside Alicia Lightbourne, Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace and Nikia Deveaux.

Dillette majored in travel and tourism and as of 2022 is Assistant Professor in the L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at San Diego State University. [2] Her research interests include the Black Travel Movement. [2]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alana Dillette". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. 1 2 "About - Hospitality & Tourism Management, The L. Robert Payne School". htm.sdsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-11.