PINA Troy

Cape Verde

Swimming

Date of Birth: 4 Feb 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: PROVIDENCE, RI

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : BOSTON, MA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	50Fly
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (25.64)	H (27.68)

African Championships

Year	Location	50Free	50Fly	100Fly
2018	Algiers, ALG	H (26.36)	H (27.84)	H (1:02.29)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (26.73)	H (59.18)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Hobbies:

Distance running. (Athlete, 25 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Police Officer

Education:

Justice Studies - Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Club name:

Gator Swim Club [United States of America]

Coach:

Chris Ip [club]; Ray Grant [club]; Brian Cameron [club, national]

Sporting relatives:

His sisters Latroya and Jayla are also swimmers and both competed at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. Jayla was also selected to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportstar.thehindu.com, 30 Jun 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 22 Jul 2021)

Other sports:

He competed in athletics for Saint Peter's University in the United States of America. (Athlete, 25 Jul 2021)

Start:

He began swimming at East Providence Boys & Girls Club in Rhode Island, United States of America. (Athlete, 25 Jul 2021)

Reason:

"I followed my older sister, Latroya Pina, into the sport." (Athlete, 25 Jul 2021)

Memorable:

Meeting the qualification standard for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 25 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Give it your all." (Athlete, 25 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING CAPE VERDE
Born and raised in the United States of America, he and his sisters are eligible to represent Cape Verde through their mother. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 21 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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