Personal information | |
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Nationality | Gambian |
Born | [1] United Kingdom | 2 January 2004
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
College team | Brown Bears |
Aminata Nia-Maria Barrow (born 2 January 2004) is a Gambian competitive swimmer. She qualified to represent The Gambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Barrow was born in the United Kingdom; her father is from The Gambia and her mother is from Finland. [2] [3] Her family moved to the United States when she was age eight, settling in Shorewood, Wisconsin. [2] [3] She started swimming at age four and later began doing it competitively once she moved to the United States. [2] [4] She competed for Shorewood Swim Club under coach Dave Westfahl and later at Shorewood High School. [3] At Shorewood, she was a top student-athlete and competed on the swim team for four years, helping the high school's team be runner-up at the 2020 state championships while Barrow won an individual state high school championship in 2021, in the 100-yard breaststroke. [2] [4] In 2022, Barrow competed at the USA Swimming Wisconsin championships and won the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events. [3] Barrow graduated from Shorewood in 2022. [4]
Barrow walked-on for the swimming team at Brown University in 2022. [3] She made the team and participated in eight meets during the 2022–23 season; she competed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley events. [3] [5] She competed at the Ivy League championships and placed 16th in the 100 breaststroke. [3] In her sophomore year, she competed in seven meets and set her personal bests in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. [5] She competed at the Ivy League championships and placed 13th in the 100 breaststroke and seventh in the 200 breaststroke. [5]
Barrow qualified for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships representing The Gambia, becoming the first female swimmer to compete at the event for the nation. [6] Although in her international debut, she managed to set the national records in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events. [7] [6] [8] The following year, she was selected to represent The Gambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics through a universality quota, becoming The Gambia's first female Olympic swimmer. [4] [9]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Gambian |
Born | [1] United Kingdom | 2 January 2004
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
College team | Brown Bears |
Aminata Nia-Maria Barrow (born 2 January 2004) is a Gambian competitive swimmer. She qualified to represent The Gambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Barrow was born in the United Kingdom; her father is from The Gambia and her mother is from Finland. [2] [3] Her family moved to the United States when she was age eight, settling in Shorewood, Wisconsin. [2] [3] She started swimming at age four and later began doing it competitively once she moved to the United States. [2] [4] She competed for Shorewood Swim Club under coach Dave Westfahl and later at Shorewood High School. [3] At Shorewood, she was a top student-athlete and competed on the swim team for four years, helping the high school's team be runner-up at the 2020 state championships while Barrow won an individual state high school championship in 2021, in the 100-yard breaststroke. [2] [4] In 2022, Barrow competed at the USA Swimming Wisconsin championships and won the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events. [3] Barrow graduated from Shorewood in 2022. [4]
Barrow walked-on for the swimming team at Brown University in 2022. [3] She made the team and participated in eight meets during the 2022–23 season; she competed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley events. [3] [5] She competed at the Ivy League championships and placed 16th in the 100 breaststroke. [3] In her sophomore year, she competed in seven meets and set her personal bests in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. [5] She competed at the Ivy League championships and placed 13th in the 100 breaststroke and seventh in the 200 breaststroke. [5]
Barrow qualified for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships representing The Gambia, becoming the first female swimmer to compete at the event for the nation. [6] Although in her international debut, she managed to set the national records in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events. [7] [6] [8] The following year, she was selected to represent The Gambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics through a universality quota, becoming The Gambia's first female Olympic swimmer. [4] [9]