Lara Butler

Lara Butler (born 2 October 1994) is a swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Together with her brother Geoffrey[3] she competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2015 world championships and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her best world championships result was 25th place in the individual 400 m medley in 2010.[4]

Lara Butler
Butler at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born2 October 1994 (1994-10-02) (age 26)[1]
George Town, Cayman Islands[2]
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, freestyle, butterfly, medley

Life

Lara Butler was born on October 2, 1994 and she is the eldest of three children. Butler learned swimming aged five and started competing aged ten.[2] After a successful time at the 2015 Island Games she became the Cayman Islands Female Swimmer of the Year in 2015. She has also taken part in the Pan American Games and World Championships. Butler holds several Cayman Island swimming records.[5]

In 2016, she was completing her course at Loughborough University and received first class honors. She competed in the Olympics at Rio for the Cayman Islands in the islands five-person team.[6] She competed in women's 100m backstroke where she placed 29th in the heats and did not qualify for the semifinals.[7] Butler was the flag bearer for the Cayman Islands during the closing ceremony.[8]

References
  1. Lara Butler Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio216.com
  2. Lara Butler. thecgf.com
  3. Meet Cayman’s Olympian: Geoffrey Butler. cayman27.ky (1 August 2016)
  4. Swimming – Lara BUTLER. the-sports.org
  5. Lara Butler Cayman Swimmer Of The Year, loughboroughsport.com, Retrieved 5 August 2016
  6. Meeting Cayman's Hopefuls: Lara Butler, August 2, 2016, Cayman27, Retrieved 6 August 2016
  7. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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