Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Anna-Liza Mopio Jane |
| National team |
 Papua New Guinea |
| Born |
3 December 1986 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Chandler Swim Club (AUS)[1] |
| Coach | Andrew MacGregor (AUS)[1] |
Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (born December 3, 1986) is a Papua New Guinean swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1][2] She represented her nation Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, swimming in the 50 m freestyle. Before her retirement from competitive swimming career in 2012, Mopio-Jane trained for Chandler Swim Club in her current residence Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, under the tutelage of head coach Andrew MacGregor.[3]
Mopio-Jane was invited by FINA to compete as a lone female swimmer for the Papua New Guinean squad in the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Swimming on the outside lane in heat six, Mopio-Jane put up a marvelous swim to hit the wall by nearly three tenths of a second (0.3) behind leader Rugilė Mileišytė of Lithuania, with a second-place time and lifetime best of 26.47; however, she finished outside the semifinal cut in forty-second overall.[4]
Mopio-Jane is a graduate of sports and leisure management at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
References
- 1 2 3 "Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Swimmer Mopio-Jane retires". Post Courier Online (PNG). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 6". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 6 December 2012.