Elizabeth Tinnon

Elizabeth Tinnon
Personal information
Nationality	United States
Born	May 21, 1985 (age 39); Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Lakeside Swim Team
College team	University of Texas
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Pan American Games

Last updated October 07, 2024

Elizabeth Tinnon (born May 21, 1985) is an American breaststroke swimmer. She is a bronze medalist from the Pan American Games.

Personal

Tinnon was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1985, the daughter of Mack and Susan Tinnon. Tinnon is a 2003 graduate of Bowling Green High School. Tinnon attended the University of Texas and graduated in 2007, majoring in corporate communication.

Swimming career

As a nineteen-year-old, Tinnon competed at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, finishing twelfth in the 100-meter breaststroke and fourteenth in the 200-meter breaststroke.^[1]^[2]

At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, she won a bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Tinnon finished eight in the 100-meter breaststroke and sixteenth in the 200-meter breaststroke.^[3]^[4] At the 2009 National Championships, Tinnon placed fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke and eleventh in the 100-meter breaststroke.^[5]^[6]

Related Research Articles

Ryan Steven Lochte is an American former competition swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist. He is the third-most decorated swimmer in Olympic history measured by total number of medals, behind only Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky. Lochte's seven individual Olympic medals rank second in history in men's swimming, tied for second among all Olympic swimmers. He currently holds the world records in the 200-meter individual medley. As part of the American teams, he also holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle (mixed) relay.

Gabrielle Elaine Franco Rose is a Brazilian-American competition swimmer who participated in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Rose, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee, competed for Brazil at the 1995 Pan American Games and 1996 Summer Olympics, but later represented the United States starting at the 1999 Pan American Games.

The United States Swimming National Championships are held annually, in summer. The event is organized by USA Swimming, and is held in a long course (50m) pool. In the past, and as recently as 2007, there were 2 meets annually: a Spring and a Summer Nationals. The Spring meet began as a 25-yard meet, while the Summer meet was long course. Prior to USA Swimming's creation in the late 1970s, the meet was run by the AAU.

Nathan Ghar-jun Adrian is an American competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist who formerly held the American record in the long course 50-meter freestyle event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jessica Hardy</span> American swimmer (born 1987)

Jessica Adele Hardy Meichtry is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and freestyle events. Hardy earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle and a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relays at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rebecca Soni</span> American swimmer

Rebecca Soni is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter breaststroke, and is the first woman to swim the 200-meter breaststroke in under 2 minutes 20 seconds. As a member of the U.S. national team, she held the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay from 2012 to 2017.

Ariana Kukors is an American former competition swimmer and former world record holder in the 200-meter individual medley. Ariana now works in private coaching related to athletic performance. Kukors has won a total of seven medals in major international competition, two golds, three silvers, and two bronze spanning the World and the Pan Pacific Championships. She placed fifth in the 200-meter individual medley event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Scott Tyler Clary is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Clary won gold in the 200-meter backstroke in Olympic record time. In total, he won sixteen medals in major international competitions: three gold, eight silver, and five bronze spanning the Summer Olympics, the FINA World Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American Games.

The 2012 United States Olympic trials for swimming events were held from June 25 to July 2 at the CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the qualifying meet for American swimmers who hoped to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Kevin Cordes is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. He currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. Cordes was a member of the 2016 U.S. Men's Olympic Swimming Team. He won gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay as a member of the preliminary relay, and took 4th place in the Men's 100m Breaststroke at the 2016 Olympic Games. He is the former American record holder in the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke.

Nicolas Fink is an American competitive swimmer. He is a five-time world champion in breaststroke events and a 2024 Olympic Silver Medalist in the 100 meter breaststroke. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×100 meter medley relay and 4×50 meter mixed medley relay. He is the Americas record holder in the short course 50 meter breaststroke, 100 meter breaststroke, and 200 meter breaststroke as well as the American record holder in the long course 50 meter breaststroke. In the 50 meter breaststroke, he won the World Short Course titles in 2021 and 2022 and World Long Course title in 2022. In the 100 meter breaststroke, he is the 2022 World Short Course gold medalist. In the 200 meter breaststroke, he is the 2021 World Short Course gold medalist.

The 2016 USA Swimming Olympic trials were held for the third straight quadrennial at CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska from June 26 to July 3, 2016. Those qualifying competed for the United States in Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Michael Charles Andrew is an American competitive swimmer and an Olympic gold medalist. He was the 2016 world champion in the 100 meter individual medley. At his first Olympic Games, the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal and set a world record as part of the 4x100 meter medley relay, placed fourth in the 100 meter breaststroke, fourth in the 50 meter freestyle, and fifth in the 200 meter individual medley. Andrew's swims in 2021 at the 2020 Olympics made him the first swimmer to represent the United States at an Olympic Games in an individual breaststroke event as well as another individual event other than an individual medley in the then-125-year-history of swimming at the Summer Olympics. He has won 78 medals at Swimming World Cup circuits.

Lillia Camille King is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke competition and also won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay, in which she swam the breaststroke leg. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, King won a silver medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay for her efforts in the prelims, the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke, and the bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay, where she swam the breaststroke leg. She is the current world record holder in the long course 100-meter breaststroke.

References

↑ "2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

External links

Elizabeth Tinnon at World Aquatics
Elizabeth Tinnon at USA Swimming (archivedJune 2, 2021)
Elizabeth Tinnon – University of Alabama assistant coach bio

This biographical article related to a United States swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

[2] "2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

[3] "2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

[4] "2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

[5] "2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

[6] "2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]