Alia Atkinson

Alia Atkinson
Atkinson (2015)
Personal information
Surname:	Alia Shanee Atkinson
Nation:	Jamaica
Swimming style (s) :	Chest, layers
Society:	Comets Swim Club
Birthday:	December 11, 1988
Size:	1.70 m
Weight:	65 kg
Medal table

Alia Shanee Atkinson (born December 11, 1988 ) is a Jamaican swimmer and Olympian. Her most successful year so far was 2006, when she secured four gold and one silver medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia . She was at the Olympic Summer Games in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008 in Jamaica's squad, but could not achieve any top placements there.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , Alia Atkinson was chosen as the flag bearer for her home country at the respective opening ceremonies. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics . There she reached the finals over 100 meters chest and is thus the first Jamaican woman to make it into an Olympic swimming final. She finished the race in fourth place.

After Alia Atkinson had already participated in the Commonwealth Games in 2006 and 2010 , she made it onto the podium for the first time at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow . She won silver over 50 meters breast and bronze over 100 meters breast. In the run-up to the competition, she had already set a new competition record over 50 meters chest twice, first in the run-up with 30.49 seconds, then in the semifinals with 30.17 seconds.

Records

Jamaican Records (9)
50 m chest	30.17 s	July 24, 2014	Glasgow
100 m chest	1: 06.79 min	July 29, 2012	London
200 m chest	2: 29.00 min	February 19, 2011	Columbia Township
50 m butterfly	28.06 s	July 18, 2008	Kingston
100 m butterfly	1: 01.17 min	October 15, 2011	Guadalajara
200 m layers	2: 14.75 min	October 18, 2011	Guadalajara
400 m layers	5: 09.72 min	July 31, 2005	Montreal
4 × 100 m freestyle (with Atkinson , Chuck and Swaby )	3: 53.58 min	August 13, 2003	Santo Domingo
4 × 100 m layers (with Nangle , Royal Eatmon and Moodie )	4: 20.93 min	July 20, 2010	Mayagüez
(As of July 31, 2012)

Web links

• Alia Atkinson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alia breaks 50m breaststroke record again, into final. ( Memento of July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Jamaica Observer , July 24, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.