Laura Sogar (born 27 April 1991) is an American swimmer.[1] She is a two times medal winner representing United States at the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2012 and swims for University of Texas at the United States Short Course Swimming Championships, a domestic and national level swimming championship in USA.[2]
.jpg) Laura Sogar signs autographs after finishing the 200m breaststroke event in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1991 Dallas, Texas, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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College career
editShe also holds the American national record for the women's 200m breaststroke event when she established the record for Texas in 2012.[3]
Sogar also claimed a gold medal in her college career for the University of Texas at the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in the women's 200y breaststroke event.[4][5]
Career
editShe competed at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in her youth career claiming 3 medals including a gold medal in the Girl's 4 × 100 m relay medley event.
She then went to represent the United States swimming team in senior level competitions in late 2012 after competing at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships which was held in Turkey. She claimed a silver medal in the women's 200m breaststroke event and secured a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m relay medley event.[6]
Personal life
editSogar is engaged to comedian Matthew Broussard.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Swimrankings - SOGAR, Laura". www.swimrankings.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Laura Sogar - 2012-13 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster - University of Texas". texassports.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Laura Sogar, Kevin Cordes Scare American Records in Final Prelim Session in Austin". December 2012.
- ^ "Laura Sogar - CollegeSwimming". www.collegeswimming.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Meet Results: 2013 NCAA D1 Women's Swimming & Diving Champs". www.swmeets.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Keeping Up With The Longhorns: Olympic Hopeful Laura Sogar - Swimming World News". Swimming World News. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
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