Lisa Bratton

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Lisa Bratton
Personal information
Born (1996-05-05) May 5, 1996 (age 27)
Washington (state), U.S.
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, medley [1]
Club Toronto Titans (ISL2020); DC Trident (ISL 2019)
College team Texas A&M Aggies [1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Hangzhou 200 m backstroke
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Naples 200m backstroke

Lisa Bratton (born May 5, 1996) is an American professional swimmer [1] for the Canadian based Toronto Titans of the International Swimming League.

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Bratton won the gold medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).

Career

In summer 2019, Bratton was announced as a member of DC Trident for the inaugural ISL season. In spring of 2020 she signed for the first Canadian ISL team in the ISL, the Toronto Titans, for their first season.

At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hangzhou, Bratton won the gold medal in the 200 m backstroke.[ citation needed ] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lisa Bratton". www.usaswimming.org. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  2. "Results | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved May 27, 2020.