Lara Preacco (born 10 May 1971) is a Swiss swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] Preacco is now the head coach for the Florida Atlantic University swimming and diving team.[2][3]
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| Born | 10 May 1971 |
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| Sport | Swimming |
Prior to coaching the Florida Atlantic team, Preacco set five Swiss national records and captured 38 gold medals while competing at the Swiss National Championships from 1983 to 1997. Preacco swam for the FAU Owls from 1994 to 1998. She represented both FAU and her home country of Switzerland at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and was inducted into the FAU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Preacco also earned Honorable Mention in the All-American Scholar Excellence rankings, while placing on the FAU Dean's List four times and President's List three times. [4][5]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lara Preacco Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Lara Preacco Coaching Staff". fausports.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "FAU promotes assistant Lara Preacco to head swimming coach". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Lara Preacco Coaching Staff". fausports.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Swim Cloud - Florida Atlantic University". swimcloud.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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