Sylvia Brunlehner

Sylvia Tanya Atieno Brunlehner (born February 13, 1994) is a swimmer who has represented Kenya at several competitions.

She has competed at events such as the:

• - 2007 All African games (Algiers, Algeria)
• - FINA world championships (Roma 2009(LC), Dubai 2010 (SC), Shanghai 2011 (LC), Istanbul 2012^[1] (SC), 2013 Barcelona(LC)^[2]
• - Youth Commonwealth games (Pune 2008 (LC)
• - Commonwealth games (Delhi 2010 (LC), Glasgow 2014
• - Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010 (LC)^[3]
• - All African Games (Algeria 2007 (LC), Mozambique 2011(LC)
• - African swimming championships (South Africa 2009 (LC), Morocco 2010 (LC)
• - African Youth games (Morocco 2010 (LC)
• - Africans junior swimming championships (Mauritius 2010 (LC)
• - ITU triathlon - Mauritius 2005,^[4] Zimbabwe 2010

Although she holds a German passport, she continues to hold most Kenyan records in the freestyle, backstroke and butterfly sprints.

Her main events are: 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly.

She is coached by Mark Rose at City of Manchester aquatics swim team (COMAST) where she has been living for 3 years.

Her previous coach was Rohan Taylor of Nunawading Swimming Club in Melbourne, Australia where she completed high school. Before that she had lived in Kenya.

References

1. ↑ Abuga, Amos (June 12, 2012). "Kenyan swimmers set for FINA Championships in Turkey". MICHEZOAFRIKA Mobile.
2. ↑ "Kenya’s Sylvia Brunlehner, right, Syria’s Bayan Jumah, left, finish a Women’s 50m freestyle heat at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013.". Vancouver Sun. August 3, 2013.
3. ↑ Watta, Evelyn (Aug 15, 2010). "kenyan swimmers target semis at the games". Sports News Arena.
4. ↑ Genga, Shirley (February 9, 2011). "Kenya's swimming champion". Standard Digital.

External links

• Sylvia Brunlehner on Eurosport Australia