Lowri Tynan
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Lowri Tynan is a Welsh swimmer, specialising in breaststroke at 50 and 100 metres.
. She was the Welsh record holder for 50 metres breaststroke by age 14.
Lowri Tynan was educated at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd
in Wrexham
where she excelled at all sports.
at the Commonwealth Games
she retained her place in Commonwealth Games
.
The breakthrough came when she was selected as a wild card for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
was held at the Foro Italico
sports complex in Rome
, Italy
. After achieving the fastest time out of the British trio of 1:08.30 in the heats of the women's 100 metres breaststroke, Lowri was selected for the women's 4×100 m medley relay. The British team finished 4th in a new British record time of 3:57.03.
50 m breaststroke 31.03 2009 World Champs, Rome, 01/08/09
100 m breaststroke 1:08.30 2009 World Champs, Rome, 27/07/09
British records (long course)
4×100 m medley relay 3:57.03 2009 World Champs, Rome, 01/08/09
Early career
Lowri's talent was first spotted by coach Keith Barrow at a pool in WrexhamWrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
. She was the Welsh record holder for 50 metres breaststroke by age 14.
Lowri Tynan was educated at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd
Ysgol Morgan Llwyd
Ysgol Morgan Llwyd is a Welsh Medium school in Wrexham, north-east Wales. It is the first, and only Welsh Language Secondary school in Wrexham County Borough. It is named after the renowned seventeenth century Welsh author Morgan Llwyd. The school has been open at its present location, Cefn Road,...
in Wrexham
Wrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
where she excelled at all sports.
International career
First selected to represent WalesWales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
at the Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
she retained her place in Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
.
The breakthrough came when she was selected as a wild card for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
2009 World Aquatics Championships
The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...
was held at the Foro Italico
Foro Italico
Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti...
sports complex in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. After achieving the fastest time out of the British trio of 1:08.30 in the heats of the women's 100 metres breaststroke, Lowri was selected for the women's 4×100 m medley relay. The British team finished 4th in a new British record time of 3:57.03.
Personal bests and records held
Welsh records (long course)50 m breaststroke 31.03 2009 World Champs, Rome, 01/08/09
100 m breaststroke 1:08.30 2009 World Champs, Rome, 27/07/09
British records (long course)
4×100 m medley relay 3:57.03 2009 World Champs, Rome, 01/08/09