STRUGNELL Laura

Artistic Swimming

Date of Birth: 14 Apr 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

South Africa

Place of residence : CAPE TOWN

Residence Country:

South Africa

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Swimming	Duet RSA South Africa	21

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Free Routine Preliminary	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Technical Routine	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Solo TR	Solo FR	Duet TR	Duet FR	Team FR	FR Combination
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	-	PR (65.458)	PR (67.333)	PR (67.133)	PR (66.700)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	-	PR (67.366)	PR (67.466)	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	PR (65.353)	PR (66.000)	-	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	-	-	PR (62.550)	-	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	PR (61.800)	PR (62.690)	-	PR (63.900)	-	-

Legend
TR - Technical Routine, FR - Free Routine, PR - Preliminary Round, X - Mixed

Lau (Facebook profile, 08 Jul 2021)

Yoga, spending time with family, being in nature, taking her dogs for walks. (Instagram profile, 19 Feb 2021; wellnessfingerprint.com, 01 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Afrikaans, English

Vicky Drinkwater

She took up artistic swimming at age five, and started competing at age six (Expresso Show YouTube Channel, 05 Jul 2021)

"My sisters inspired me to start synchronised swimming because they did it at school. Every afternoon, I would go with my grandmother to sit and watch them. I was five at the time, so being the person that I am, I didn't do much sitting. I would practise on the sideline, trying to copy their every move." (wellnessfingerprint.com, 01 Jan 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram team profile, 11 Jul 2021)

She trains up to six hours a day. (Expresso Show YouTube Channel, 05 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Nothing comes easy. If you want it, you have to work for it. Enjoy the process. If you are not enjoying it, then why are you here?" (wellnessfingerprint.com, 01 Jan 2019)

General Interest

General
COMEBACK
She decided to stop competing in artistic swimming in 2019 after hearing that an artistic swimming duet from South Africa would not be sent to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. After it was later announced that a duet would be sent to Japan, she contacted Clarissa Johnston, who came out of a six-year retirement to train with her, with the duo winning the 2021 South African National Championships in Gqeberha, South Africa and qualifying for the Games in Japan. "Qualification [for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo] still feels unreal, but it is huge for our sport in South Africa. Many people do not know that this sport exists in our country." (Expresso Show YouTube Channel, 05 Jul 2021; Instagram team profile, 09 May 2021)

ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE
She has served on the Swimming South Africa Athletes' Committee. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 05 Sep 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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