Jayla Pina

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Jayla Pina
Personal information
NationalityAmerican, Cape Verdean
Born (2004-07-23) 23 July 2004 (age 20) [1]
United States [1]
Sport
CountryCape Verde
Sport Swimming
College team Pittsburgh Panthers [2]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
African Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Accra 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Accra200 m individual medley

Jayla Pina (born 23 July 2004) is a swimmer currently competing for the collegiate swimming and diving team of the University of Pittsburgh. [3] [2] Born in the United States, she represents Cape Verde internationally. She competed in the women's 100 meter breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the women's 200 meter individual medley at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [4] [5] Pina was born in the United States (raised in Seekonk, Massachusetts), [2] [6] but is able to represent Cape Verde through her mother, who was born there. [6] Her brother is fellow Olympic swimmer, Troy Pina and her sister is swimmer Latroya Pina.

References

  1. 1 2 "PINA Jayla".
  2. 1 2 3 Jayla Pina to Compete at 2024 Paris Games. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  3. "Jayla Pina". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. "Local swimmer, representing Cape Verde, takes part in Olympics". WPRI.com. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. 1 2 Healy, Emma (5 February 2021). "From Seekonk to possibly Tokyo, Jayla Pina has family and teammates alongside to provide motivation". The Boston Globe . Retrieved 25 July 2021.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
2020 Tokyo
with
Jordin Andrade
Succeeded by