PINA Jayla

Date of Birth: 23 Jul 2004

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	50Breast	100Breast
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (33.52)	H (1:16.00)

African Championships

Year	Location	100Free	100Breast	200Breast
2018	Algiers, ALG	H (1:03.55)	H (1:18.91)	8th (2:55.77)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Back	50Breast	100Breast	200Breast
2019	Budapest, HUN	H (28.00)	H (1:01.35)	H (33.21)	H (34.15)	H (1:16.01)	H (2:50.23)

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

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Seekonk High School [USA] / Gator Swim Club [USA]

Brian Cameron [Seekonk, national]

Sporting relatives:

Her older brother Troy and older sister Latroya have competed in swimming for Cape Verde. Troy was selected to compete in the 50m freestyle event for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Latroya competed in the 100m freestyle event at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (africanews.com, 15 Jun 2021; fina.org, 27 Jul 2019)

She took up swimming at age five. (bostonglobe.com, 15 Feb 2021)

She was influenced to take up the sport by her older siblings Troy and Latroya. "They push me a lot, they motivate me, and we compete a lot in the house." (bostonglobe.com, 15 Feb 2021)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING CAPE VERDE
Born and raised in the United States of America, she and her older siblings Troy and Latroya made the decision to represent Cape Verde after they were contacted by the nation's swimming federation in 2017. They were eligible to represent Cape Verde through their mother Maria Alfama. "To be able to represent my country is amazing. I can't wait, and I can't wait to put the name out there, so that people when they hear the name Cape Verde, they know what others are talking about." (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 21 Jul 2021; africanews.com, 15 Jun 2021; bbc.com, 06 Aug 2019)

COLLEGE COMMITMENT
In 2021 she announced her commitment to swim for the University of Pittsburgh in the United States of America, starting in the 2022/23 season. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 02 May 2021)

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Legend

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

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