Lizza Danila
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| Full name | Marie-Lizza Toinette Danila | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
17 September 1982 San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marie-Lizza Toinette Danila (born September 17, 1982) is a Filipino former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] She represented the Philippines, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later collected a total of six silver medals in a backstroke double at the Southeast Asian Games (1999, 2001, and 2003) before her official retirement in 2005.[2] She is also a top 8 finalist at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.
Career
Danila competed only in the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:06.19 after winning a silver medal from the Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.[3][4] Swimming in heat one, Danila, who just turned 18 on the second day of the Games, gave the Filipinos a further reason to celebrate, as she overhauled a 1:07 barrier and rocketed to a fantastic first-place finish in a sterling time of 1:06.48. Danila's blistering triumph was not worthy enough to put her through to the semifinals, as she placed thirty-seventh overall out of 47 swimmers in the prelims.[5][6]
At the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Danila defended her silver medals each in the 100 m backstroke (1:05.10) and in the 200 m backstroke (2:23.47), finishing behind Thailand's top favorite Chonlathorn Vorathamrong by more than a full body length.[7][8]
Two years later, at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Danila failed to medal in any of her individual events, finishing ninth in the 100 m backstroke (1:06.44), and eighth in the 200 m backstroke (2:22.19).[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Lizza Danila". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ Henson, Joaquin (16 June 2005). "Another swimmer retires". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ Vanzi, Sol Jose (9 August 1999). "SEA Games 1st day: 4 golds, 3 silvers, 9 bronzes for RP". Philippine Headline News. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 287. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ↑ "Malaysia goes further ahead in SEA Games". The China Post. 11 September 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ "Keng Liat does it in record style". Utusan Malaysia. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ "Japan's Kitajima Breaks Barrowman's 200m Breaststroke World Record; Cracks 2:10 Barrier". Swimming World Magazine. 2 October 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ "China and Japan Share the Gold on Day 5 of Asian Games; China's Wu and Xu Shine". Swimming World Magazine. 4 October 2002. Retrieved 17 June 2013.