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The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021.
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.
Tatjana Smith is a South African former competitive swimmer who specialised in breaststroke events. A two-time Olympic champion and the most decorated South African Olympian in history, she won the gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games, setting Olympic records in both events and the world record in the former, and the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2024 Olympic Games.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.
Alina Zmushka is a Belarusian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. In 2021, she represented Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Alina is participating in 2024 Olympics in Paris as an individual independent athlete.
Tes Schouten is a Dutch swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
Ema Rajić is a Croatian swimmer. She graduated from University Laboratory High School in 2018. She competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, but she did not advance to the semi-finals.
American Samoa competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020, the Games were postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country's participation in Tokyo marked its ninth consecutive appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Eneli Jefimova is an Estonian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary. In July 2021, she won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke event at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. She won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke event at the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Emelie Linnea Fast is a Swedish Olympic breaststroke swimmer. She is representing Södertörns SS.
Tang Qianting is a Chinese swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Chelsea Mae Hodges is a retired Australian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Evgeniia Igorevna Chikunova is a Russian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke, 200 metre breaststroke, and 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Emily Santos is a Panamanian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Kirsten Andrea Fisher-Marsters is a Cook Islands swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Emilie Grand'Pierre is a Haitian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and received a time of 1:14.82. She attended Bowdoin College.
Alicia Kok Shun is a Mauritian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Jayla Pina is a Cape Verdean swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Pina was born in the United States, but is able to represent Cape Verde through her mother, who was born there. Her brother is fellow Olympic swimmer, Troy Pina and her sister is swimmer Latroya Pina.
Aishath Sajina is a Maldivian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Abbey Harkin is an Australian swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics but did not progress from the heats. She was selected to compete in the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
References
- ↑ "Tilali Scanlan". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ↑ "Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
