LARA Krystal

Dominican Republic

Swimming

Date of Birth: 18 Mar 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of birth: NEW YORK, NY

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : NEW YORK, NY

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Backstroke
	Women's 200m Backstroke

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Backstroke - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	100Back	100Fly
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (1:02.71)	H (1:00.79)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	100Back	200Back
2019	Lima, PER	8th (1:03.07)	8th (2:17.09)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Back	200Back
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (1:00.28)	H (2:10.92)

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:

Playing the saxophone. (nusports.com, 01 May 2020)

Education:

Sociology - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Club name:

Asociacion de Natacion de Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic]

Start:

She took up the sport at age six. (fedona.org, 07 Jul 2021)

Ambition:

Outside of swimming, she plans to become a lawyer. (fedona.org, 07 Jul 2021)

Training:

Ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she trained for up to 20 hours a week. (ny1.com, 07 Jul 2021)

Memorable:

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fedona.org, 07 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
FAMILY HERITAGE
She was born and raised in New York City, NY, United States of America, to a Dominican father. She opted to represent her father's country in international competition. "My father is Dominican and when I grew up I identified as Dominican, so I said, 'You know what, I want to continue my cultural pride and see what I can do in international waters'." (ny1.com, 07 Jul 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/krystal.la.7

Legend

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

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