SAPP Lawrence

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
1	100m Backstroke - S14	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:06.42
2	100m Butterfly - S14	2019	London, GBR	56.96
4	100m Breaststroke - SB14	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:20.28
4	100m Butterfly - S14	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:01.89
5	200m Freestyle - S14	2017	Mexico City, MEX	2:09.00
6	200m Individual Medley - SM14	2017	Mexico City, MEX	2:32.56
9	100m Backstroke - S14	2019	London, GBR	1:03.59

Larry (teamunify.com, 11 Oct 2016)

Building Lego, video games, action movies, collecting swim caps from his meets, watching TV, playing football, running, travelling. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2018, 01 Dec 2020; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Student

Architecture - University of Cincinnati, United States

English

Nation's Capital Swim Club [NCAP] [Alexandria, VA, USA]

Jeff King [club]

2017 for United States (Athlete, 06 Dec 2017)

His mother, Dee, and her husband, Carlton, took him to a summer swim club at age four and noticed he had a talent for the sport. In 2016 his mother initially ignored a letter from the US Paralympic swimming team regarding the possibility of him taking part in Para swimming, but agreed for him to try out at a meet a month later. (teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2020; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 30 Sep 2020; Athlete, 06 Dec 2017)

"As I got older, I got better at competing. I started meeting new people and I was able to start travelling. It is something that I am good at. In a lot of other sports, if the coach doesn't put you in, then you don't get to play and only certain players get to shine. In swimming, the strokes are the same for everyone and the rules are the same for everyone. You get to sign up for what you want to swim and then do your best." (blackkidsswim.com, 24 Jul 2020)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and compete at the 2024, 2028 and 2032 Paralympic Games. He also aspires to work as an architectural engineer. (teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2020; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 30 Sep 2020; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

He trains six days a week. (blackkidsswim.com, 24 Jul 2020)

Winning a silver medal in the S14 100m butterfly at the 2019 World Championships in London, England. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 30 Sep 2020; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

US swimmers Michael Phelps and Caeleb Dressel. (Athlete, 06 Dec 2017, 22 Aug 2021)

His parents, and coach Jeff King. (Athlete, 06 Dec 2017, 22 Aug 2021)

He likes to eat sub sandwiches and spaghetti before meets. (teamusa.org, 01 Oct 2019)

"I'm proud to stand, in my whole entire life, for swimming dreams. I'm going to do great things to reach my goals, to be the best. I always work hard in practice and swim hard." (Instagram profile, 11 Feb 2021)