SCANLAN Tilali

Date of Birth: 3 Nov 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Birth Country:

American Samoa

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 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (1:16.03)	H (2:52.56)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (1:23.03)	H (3:04.65)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Back	50Breast	100Breast	100IndMed
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	-	H (33.19)	H (1:12.72)	-
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (34.70)	H (35.34)	H (1:19.54)	H (1:12.11)

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

Listening to music. (nerelle.com, 09 Feb 2019)

Occupation:

Marine Biology - University of the South Pacific, Suva, FIJ

Languages spoken:

Other sports:

She competed at the 2021 Fiji Triathlon Championships. (fijisun.com.fj, 15 Jan 2021)

"My mum put my siblings and I into a bunch of sports when we were young to burn off our energy and get us out of the house. I did a lot of sports, but swimming was my favourite. I really got into competitive swimming when I realised the potential I had, and how much fun it was." (nerelle.com, 09 Feb 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 10 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Never let where you come from determine how far you will go." (nerelle.com, 09 Feb 2019)

She was named 2017 Sportsperson of the Year and Pasifika Sportsperson of the Year at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. (wgtn.ac.nz, 31 Dec 2017)

General Interest

General
WELL TRAVELLED
Born and raised in American Samoa she spent time in New Zealand to study and further her swimming career before residing in Fiji while she attended the University of the South Pacific in Suva. In 2021 she departed for Phuket, Thailand, for a swim camp in the months prior to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook profile, 26 Jun 2021; talanei.com, 10 Feb 2021; samoanews.com, 23 Jul 2019)

OTHER STUDIES
She has studied at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. (wgtn.ac.nz, 31 Dec 2017)

Social Media

Legend

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

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