Tag: Alia Atkinson
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WR Holder Alia Atkinson on Retirement, Longevity, & Breaststroke Training | Inside With Brett Hawke
Alia Atkinson is the fastest woman ever in the 50 and 100 SCM Breaststrokes. Born and raised in Jamaica, she won 4 individual World Championship titles and swam at 5 Olympics Games!
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If you have a dream, go after it – Alia Atkinson | The Social Kick
World Record Holder and Jamaican Star Swimmer Alia Atkinson reflects on her career with advice we all could use, no matter where you come from.
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Alia Atkinson Breaks Her Own World Record In SCM 50 Breast in Budapest
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson broke the second world record of the night in Budapest with a 28.56 in the 50 breast final. She broke her own world record that was a 28.64 from the 2016 World Cup in Tokyo. Atkinson finished well in front of Russia’s Yulia Efimova (29.22) and American Molly Hannis (29.51). Atkinson remains…
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Don’t miss it out! #SWC17
Don’t miss out the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest and Balatonfüred from July 14th to 30th, 2017 where Olympic and Worlds Medallists like Chad Le Clos, Katinka Hosszu or Alia Atkinson will go straight to the final!
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Interview with Alia Atkinson, Team Speedo athlete
She’s a breaststroke world record holder and was the first black woman to win a swimming world title. We meet Team Speedo swim sensation, Alia Atkinson, and quiz the Jamaican athlete on cartoons, sports and her favourite guilty pleasure.
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Atkinson, Walters Rule – Swimmer, Boxer Top RJR Awards
No surprises, as boxer Nicholas ‘The Axeman’ Walters and swimming star Alia Atkinson, were last night added to the hallowed corridors of Jamaican sporting heritage, after coming out on top at the 54th RJR Sports Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus last night. The pair, who a…
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Alia Atkinson: I am a myth-buster
We knew she was a world champion swimmer, but we discovered last Saturday that Alia Atkinson is also a powerful speaker. As she addressed the annual business conference of the GraceKennedy Group, she recounted how she extinguished the notion that swimming “was not for the likes of herâ€. With little support at the beginning of…
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Alia Atkinson (JAM) Gold in the 100m Breaststroke at Doha 2014
Alia Atkinson (JAM) grabs the first gold medal for Jamaica at the World Championships SC (WR equaled). She already was the only Jamaican swimmer (both genders) with a medal in the competition winning silver medals at the 50m Breaststroke (2012 and 2014) and 100m Breaststroke (2012).