Francilla Agar Explained

Francilla Agar
Fullname:Francilla Agar
Strokes:Freestyle
Birth Date:14 January 1975
Birth Place:Saint David Parish, Dominica
Height:1.70NaN0
Weight:550NaN0
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Francilla Agar (born January 14, 1975) is a Dominican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She is the sister of sprinter Steve Agar.Agar competed for Dominica in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 29.90.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Nigeria's top favorite Ngozi Monu and Aruba's 15-year-old teen Roshendra Vrolijk. She rounded out the field to last place in 32.22, more than two seconds below her entry standard. Agar failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed sixty-eighth overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.[3] [4] [5]

Agar, who has dual citizenship with Canada, is openly lesbian, and contrasts the openness for LGBT people in Canada, and Sydney, to her childhood home.[6] She was first attracted to women in Dominica, but the conservative and island's small population (about 70,000) population made things tense for expressing her sexuality.[6] "It's very hush, hush. You have to realize that everybody knows you in Dominica. I'm pretty well known back home. I actually choose sometimes not to go back home because it's kind of difficult."[6]

Agar's daughter, Jasmine Schofield, competes for Dominica in sprint freestyle swimming events as well. She will compete in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Francilla Agar . 25 June 2013 . 2013-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130923071751/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ag/francilla-agar-1.html . 23 September 2013 .
  2. Web site: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
  3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 164 . 14 June 2013 .
  4. Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle). https://archive.today/20130615050120/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep22.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 14 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming Results (September 22, 2000). Sydney 2000. ESPN. 14 June 2013.
  6. News: Phillip. Hannan. Canada's lesbian Olympian: Jet-lagged swimmer was just happy to be in Sydney. Xtra!. 24 January 2001. 20 July 2022.