Latroya Pina Explained
Latroya Pina (born 2 June 1996)[2] is a Cape Verdean swimmer.
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. The three siblings are dual citizens of the United States and Cape Verde.
LaTroya graduated from Seekonk High School in Massachusetts and attends Howard University in Washington, D.C.,[5] where she holds a number of college swim records.[6] [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.
Notes and References
- News: How a Facebook Message and a Sister’s Deference Crafted Cape Verde’s First Olympic Swim Team. Swimming World. Matthew. de George. 21 July 2021. 25 July 2021.
- Web site: Entry list. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200726214154/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001130107FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF20.pdf. 26 July 2020. 26 July 2020. 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
- Web site: Women's 50 metre freestyle – Heats. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200726212706/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. 26 July 2020. 26 July 2020. 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
- Web site: Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200726213050/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. 26 July 2020. 26 July 2020. 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
- Web site: Hunt . Tiffany . Senior Profile Featuring Latroya Pina . Howard Bison . Howard University . 20 September 2020 . 22 April 2020.
- News: Meet Pina, the Cape Verdean Student in the U.S Leading the African Nation's First-ever Olympic Swim Team . 19 September 2020 . HowAfrica . Jetheights Services . 18 September 2018.
- News: Gobis . Peter . Seekonk's Pina siblings to swim for Cape Verde at 2020 Olympics . 19 September 2020 . The Sun Chronicle . 10 August 2018.
