Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane

Anna-Liza Mopio Jane

Personal information
Full name	Anna-Liza Mopio Jane
National team	Papua New Guinea
Born	3 December 1986 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Chandler Swim Club (AUS)[1]
Coach	Andrew MacGregor (AUS)[1]
Medal record Women's Swimming Representing  Papua New Guinea (South) Pacific Games 2003 Suva 200 m freestyle 2015 Port Moresby 4x50 m mixed free relay 2003 Suva 50 m freestyle 2003 Suva 100 m freestyle 2007 Apia 200 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 50 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 200 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 50 m backstroke 2011 Nouméa 100 m backstroke 2015 Port Moresby 4x100 m medley relay 2015 Port Moresby 4x50 m mixed medley relay 2003 Suva 100 m butterfly 2007 Apia 50 m freestyle 2007 Apia 200 m IM 2011 Nouméa 100 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 200 m backstroke 2011 Nouméa 50 m butterfly 2011 Nouméa 4x100 m free relay 2011 Nouméa 4x200 m free relay 2011 Nouméa 4x100 m medley relay 2015 Port Moresby 50 m freestyle 2015 Port Moresby 4x100 m free relay 2015 Port Moresby 4x200 m free relay Oceania Swimming Championships 2008 Christchurch 50 m freestyle

Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (born December 3, 1986) is a Papua New Guinean swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1][2] She represented her nation Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, swimming in the 50 m freestyle. Before her retirement from competitive swimming career in 2012, Mopio-Jane trained for Chandler Swim Club in her current residence Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, under the tutelage of head coach Andrew MacGregor.^[3]

Mopio-Jane was invited by FINA to compete as a lone female swimmer for the Papua New Guinean squad in the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Swimming on the outside lane in heat six, Mopio-Jane put up a marvelous swim to hit the wall by nearly three tenths of a second (0.3) behind leader Rugilė Mileišytė of Lithuania, with a second-place time and lifetime best of 26.47; however, she finished outside the semifinal cut in forty-second overall.^[4]

Mopio-Jane is a graduate of sports and leisure management at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

References

1. "Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
2. "Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
3. "Swimmer Mopio-Jane retires". Post Courier Online (PNG). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
4. "Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 6". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile