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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Born | 16 September 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Mya de Freitas (born 16 September 2005) is a Vincentian swimmer. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2] She holds various Vincentian national swimming records for different lengths.[3]
Career
[edit]De Freitas swims for the Black Sands swimming club.[4] Whilst only 15, de Freitas represented Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea and broke the Vincentian swimming record.[3] She also competed in the 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre freestyle at the 2019 Pan American Games.[5] She went on to hold the Vincentian records for five distances. As a result, she was given a universality place by the International Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan at the women's 50 metre freestyle on the grounds of her performances.[3]
Her training before the Olympics was disrupted as a result of the 2021 eruption of La Soufrière and due to her having to travel to Barbados in order to get a visa for Japan which led to her losing a month of training time in the pool.[6] At the Olympics, delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, de Freitas was placed in Heat 4 but failed to progress after finishing fourth in her race.[7]
After the Olympics, de Freitas represented Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2023 Carifta Swimming Championships. She finished seventh in the 200 metres freestyle, with the low result being attributed due to her suffering from an illness.[8] In 2025, she won seven medals at the Rodney Heights Swimming Championships in Saint Lucia.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mya de Freitas". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "Olympedia – Mya de Freitas". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 Navarrete, Daniela (4 September 2019). "St. Vincent's Swimming: A Small Nation with Big Dreams". Swimming World. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Swimmers bag 44 medals at RHAC". the Vincentian. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "SVG's Pan Am Games' representatives reflect on experience". Searchlight. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Vincentian swimmers talk up Tokyo Olympics experience". Searchlight. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "2020 Olympics Swimming results" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tayeah St Hillaire leads SVG's performance at Carifta Swimming". Searchlight. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
External links
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- 2005 births
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Pan American Games competitors for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Saint Vincent and the Grenadines people