Lia Neal

  • Lia Neal
    Lia Neal
  • Sport
    Swimming
  • Medals
    • Gold 0
    • Silver 0
    • Bronze 1
  • Country
    United States
  • Date of Birth
    February 12, 1995
  • Height
    5' 10" (1.78m)
  • Weight
    161lbs. (73kg)
  • Age
    18
  • Gender
    Female
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Schedule & Results

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Dates and times are in EDT.
Time Event Type Sport Event Stage Match
7/28/12 7:11 AM Swimming Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Qualifying See Results
7/28/12 3:43 PM Medal/Final Swimming Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final See Results

Lia Neal Biography

The 17-year-old Neal clinched an Olympic berth with a fourth-place finish in the 100 meter freestyle at the trials, giving her a spot on the 400 free relay team in London. In doing so, she became the second African-American woman to make a US Olympic swim team. "I definitely knew about Maritza Correia (in 2004) being the first one," said Neal, who is half African-American, half-Chinese."I never thought about me being the second one going into the race, but I guess that's really a cool title to have." Neal competed in the 2008 Olympic trials as a 13-year-old but didn't come close to making it out of the prelims in the 50 and 100 free. She won the 100 free at the Charlotte Grand Prix in May, edging fellow Olympian Jessica Hardy by one-hundredth of a second. A New York native who lives in Brooklyn, Neal earned three gold medals as part of the 400 free relay, 800 free relay and 400 medley relay teams at the 2010 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.

Overall Medal Count

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Russia 24 26 32 82
4 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
5 Germany 11 19 14 44
6 Japan 7 14 17 38
7 Australia 7 16 12 35
8 France 11 11 12 34
Full Medal Count »

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