Elizabeth Tinnon
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (1985-05-21) May 21, 1985
Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubLakeside Swim Team
College teamUniversity of Texas
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio100 m breaststroke

Elizabeth Tinnon (born May 21, 1985) is an American breaststroke swimmer. She is a bronze medalist from the Pan American Games.

Personal

Tinnon was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1985, the daughter of Mack and Susan Tinnon. Tinnon is a 2003 graduate of Bowling Green High School. Tinnon attended the University of Texas and graduated in 2007, majoring in corporate communication.

Swimming career

As a nineteen-year-old, Tinnon competed at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, finishing twelfth in the 100-meter breaststroke and fourteenth in the 200-meter breaststroke.[1][2]

At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, she won a bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Tinnon finished eight in the 100-meter breaststroke and sixteenth in the 200-meter breaststroke.[3][4] At the 2009 National Championships, Tinnon placed fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke and eleventh in the 100-meter breaststroke.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ "2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  5. ↑ "2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships – Women's 200 m breaststroke results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  6. ↑ "2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships – Women's 100 m breaststroke results (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2011.


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