STEPHENS Laura

World Championships

Year	Location	200Fly
2019	Gwangju, KOR	8th (2:09.35)

European Championships

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly	200Fly	4x100Medley W
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (26.92)	SF (58.45)	6th (2:09.42)	1st (3:54.01)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Fly	200Fly	4x100Medley
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (59.19)	H (2:08.94)	8th (3:54.54)

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

Writing, reading, architecture, sports, chocolate. (schpeckle.com, 29 Aug 2020)

Athlete, Student

Architecture, Engineering - University of Plymouth, Great Britain

English

Plymouth Leander [Great Britain]

Robin Armayan [club]

She joined her first swimming club at age 11 in Colchester, England. (swimcap.com, 28 Sep 2020)

She was encouraged to take up swimming by her mother. "Swimming from 06:00 to 07:30 five days a week was suddenly added to my list of extra-curricular activities. I can remember my excitement the first few weeks of training. Getting up in the dark before school was special and also meant fresh pancakes in the car. However, after a month or two and the lack of sleep, arriving at school with wet hair, and smelling of chlorine started to outweigh the pancakes. Regardless, here I am 10 years later, and I still have several alarms set before 05:00." (swimcap.com, 28 Sep 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 24 Sep 2020)

She trains in the pool for five hours over two sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and also does a one-hour session in the gym. On Wednesdays and Saturdays she trains for two-and-a-half hours in the pool, and Sundays are a rest day. (schpeckle.com, 16 Apr 2020)

"I follow a timed routine on race days, from the moment I wake up to when I step on the blocks. I know what I'm going to do, I've rehearsed it thousands of times to the point where I barely think about it now." (schpeckle.com, 01 Sep 2020)

"'You can only control what goes on in your lane'. I really like this tip. It means you don't need to worry about what anyone else is doing, you can't control them. But you do have complete control over your lane, your race, and your performance. So focus on those controllables rather than the uncontrollables." (schpeckle.com, 30 Jun 2020)