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Sarra Lajnef

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Sarra Lajnef
Personal information
Born (1989-09-05) 5 September 1989 (age 36)
Tunisia
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight135 lb (61 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreastroke, Individual Medley
ClubSLT
College teamFlorida Gators
Medal record
Representing  United Arab Emirates
FINA Masters World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Gwangju3K Open Water
Gold medal – first place2019 Gwangju100m Breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2019 Gwangju200m Breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2019 Gwangju200m IM
Bronze medal – third place2019 Gwangju400m IM
Representing  Tunisia
FINA Masters World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Kazan200m IM
Silver medal – second place2015 Kazan100m Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2015 Kazan200m Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2015 Kazan200m Freestyle
10th Senior African Swimming Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Casablanca200m Breaststroke(Meet Record)
Silver medal – second place2013 Casablanca100m Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2013 Casablanca50m Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2013 Casablanca200m IM
Silver medal – second place2013 Casablanca400m IM
Silver medal – second place2013 Casablanca800m Freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place2013 Casablanca200m Backstroke (Tunisian Record)
Bronze medal – third place2013 Casablanca400m Freestyle relay
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Maputo400m Freestyle (Tunisian Record)
Silver medal – second place2011 Maputo100m Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2011 Maputo200m Breaststroke
Pan Arab Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Doha100m Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2011 Doha200m Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2011 Doha200m Backststroke (Tunisian Record)
Silver medal – second place2011 Doha400m Individual Medley
Silver medal – second place2011 Doha4x100m Freestyle Relay
Bronze medal – third place2011 Doha50m Breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2011 Doha400m Freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2011 Doha200m Individual Medley
Bronze medal – third place2011 Doha4x200m Freestyle Relay
Bronze medal – third place2011 Doha4x100m Medley Relay

Sarra Lajnef (Arabic: سارة الأجنف, born 5 September 1989, in Tunisia) is a multisport athlete who represented Tunisia and United Arab Emirates at international level. She started as a swimmer to then expand her athletic career into rowing then triathlon. She broke 5 Guinness World Records, 2 in 2022, 2 in 2023 and the last one in 2026 during the Dubai Marathon.

At the World Master Games 2026, in Abu Dhabi, Lajnef was one of the most decorated athletes in the games with 7 medals in 3 different sports: Swimming, Rowing and Obstacle Course.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she became the first Tunisian female swimmer to qualify with FINA qualifying standards. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke.

Lajnef is one of the most decorated Tunisian female swimmers and has to today the highest number of individual national records. She has won medals in several editions of the FINA World Masters Championships, African Games and Arab Games.[1][2]

Lajnef was the UAE Rowing Champion between 2017 and 2023 in single, double, double mix, quad and quad mix.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "2019 World Masters Swimming Championships Day 4: More Masters World Records Rewritten in Gwangju". Swimming World. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Leach, Alex (7 September 2015). "Shivank Vijaykumar, Sarra Lajnef honoured". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "UOWD graduate Sarra Lajnef triumphs at UAE Rowing Championships". Dubai Business Women Council. 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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