(1995-02-13) February 13, 1995 (age 29) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle
Club
Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (Eastside)
College team
Stanford University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
4×100 m freestyle
2012 London
4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2017 Budapest
4×100 m freestyle
2017 Budapest
4×100 m mixed freestyle
2015 Kazan
4×100 m mixed medley
2019 Gwangju
4×100 m freestyle
2015 Kazan
4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2012 Istanbul
4×100 m freestyle
2018 Hangzhou
4×50 m freestyle
2018 Hangzhou
4×100 m freestyle
2018 Hangzhou
4×100 m medley
2018 Hangzhou
4×200 m freestyle
2012 Istanbul
4×100 m medley
Pan American Games
2019 Lima
4×100 m freestyle
2019 Lima
4×100 m medley
Summer Universiade
2015 Gwangju
4×100 m freestyle
Lia Neal (born February 13, 1995) is a former American professional swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In 2016, she won a silver medal in the same event at Rio de Janeiro. She was the second female African-American swimmer to make a U.S. Olympic team.
LiaNeal (born February 13, 1995) is a former American professional swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer...
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October 26, 2017. "TYR Sport Announces Signing of 2x Olympic Medalist LiaNeal". SwimSwam. 2017-08-24. Retrieved August 25, 2017. "TYR Sport Signs Olympic...
NCAA, American, and U.S. Open record in the 800-yard freestyle relay with LiaNeal, Katie Drabot, and Ella Eastin. The next day, Ledecky lowered her own mark...
a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay with Jessica Hardy, LiaNeal, and Allison Schmitt, with the U.S. team finishing behind Australia and...
Swimming Team. Meehan coached Katie Ledecky, Maya DiRado, Simone Manuel, and LiaNeal to eleven gold medals, seven silver medals, and two bronze medals. In 2018...
than one black swimmer on it, Jones made history with Anthony Ervin and LiaNeal by being the three African-Americans on the team. Key: NR = National record...
freestyle with a time of 21.78 seconds. Ervin made history with Jones and LiaNeal by being the first African-Americans on a U.S. Olympic swim team with more...
freestyle relay, Schmitt won bronze with Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy and LiaNeal, with the U.S. team finishing third behind the women's relay teams from...
with TYR Sport, Inc., joining former Stanford teammates Katie Ledecky and LiaNeal. Another one of Manuel's sponsors during the 2020 Summer Olympics was automotive...