Latroya Pina

Latroya Pina (born 2 June 1996)[2] is a Cape Verdean swimmer.

Latroya Pina
Personal information
Born (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996
Seekonk, Massachusetts, US[1]
Sport
SportSwimming

In 2019, she represented Cape Verde at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle events.[3][4] In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.[3][4]

LaTroya (along with her brother Troy and sister Jayla) lived in Massachusetts, where she was discovered by the Cape Verdean athletics association and asked to join the country's first Olympic swim team.[5] The three siblings are dual citizens of the United States and Cape Verde.[5]

LaTroya graduated from Seekonk High School in Massachusetts and attends Howard University in Washington, D.C.,[6] where she holds a number of college swim records.[5][7]

In 2018, Pina was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) President's Honor Roll and was selected to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team twice (2018 & 2019). Pina is working toward a Master's in biology at Howard.[6]

References
  1. de George, Matthew (21 July 2021). "How a Facebook Message and a Sister's Deference Crafted Cape Verde's First Olympic Swim Team". Swimming World. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. "Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. "Women's 50 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. "Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "Meet Pina, the Cape Verdean Student in the U.S Leading the African Nation's First-ever Olympic Swim Team". Jetheights Services. HowAfrica. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. Hunt, Tiffany (22 April 2020). "Senior Profile Featuring Latroya Pina". Howard Bison. Howard University. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. Gobis, Peter (10 August 2018). "Seekonk's Pina siblings to swim for Cape Verde at 2020 Olympics". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved 19 September 2020.


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