Lina Khiyara

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Lina Khiyara
Personal information
National teamMorocco
Born (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 20)
Liège, Belgium [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Raja Natation [ citation needed ]
College team New Mexico State University

Lina Khiyara (born 29 May 2003) [2] is a Moroccan swimmer.

She represented Morocco at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle events. [3] [4] In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. [3] [4] She also represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco without winning a medal. [5] She competed in six events and in the 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay event.

She competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [6] She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle and women's 200 metre freestyle events at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She also competed in several events at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. [7]

She has committed to compete for New Mexico State University at the collegiate level. [8]

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References

  1. Swimming KHIYARA Lina - Tokyo 2020 Olympics
  2. "Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Women's 50 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  7. "Swimming – Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Aquatics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. "Lina Khiyara - 2021-22 - Women's Swimming and Diving". New Mexico State University Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2021.