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Alia Atkinson

1988 - Today

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Alia Shanee Atkinson, СD (born 11 December 1988) is a Jamaican five-time Olympian and a former competitive swimmer whose international competition career spanned 19 years, 2003 to 2021 inclusive, at the senior level. At short course World Swimming Championships, she is a ten-time medalist in individual events, including four gold medals, four silver medals, and two bronze medals. She won a total of 124 medals, of which 74 were gold medals, at Swimming World Cup circuits over the course of her career. She won 14 total medals in individual events, 11 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze, from her first three Central American and Caribbean Games, in 2006, 2010, and 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Alia Atkinson is the 730th most popular swimmer (down from 658th in 2024), the 202nd most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 176th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Alia Atkinson ranks 730 out of 709. Before her are Josh Davis, Gal Nevo, Alexandra Walsh, Kira Toussaint, Sandrine Mainville, and Li Bingjie. After her are Yang Junxuan, Aurélie Muller, Grigoriy Tarasevich, Katarzyna Wasick, Piero Codia, and Sébastien Rouault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Alia Atkinson ranks 1,704. Before her are Susann Müller, Brittany Bowe, Jonathan Álvez, Leone Nakarawa, Kohei Kiyama, and Kelley Hurley. After her are Hiroki Narabayashi, Guo Weiyang, Carles Coto, Anémone Marmottan, Geoffrey Soupe, and Robert Sabolič.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Alia Atkinson ranks 202 out of 189. Before her are Walter Boyd (1972), Sanya Richards-Ross (1985), Mikaela Loach (1998), Dwayne Miller (1987), Rodolph Austin (1985), and Wang Jianan (null). After her are Javon Francis (1994), Wayne Pinnock (2000), Stephenie Ann McPherson (1988), Christania Williams (1994), Dane Richards (1983), and Anastasia Le-Roy (1987).

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Among SWIMMERS In Jamaica

Among swimmers born in Jamaica, Alia Atkinson ranks 1. After her are Sasha Gatt (2005), and Keanan Dols (1998).

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