Lisa Anne Flood (born August 1, 1971) is a Canadian former competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

specialist. Flood competed at two consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, starting at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in fourteenth position in the women's 200-metre breaststroke. Four years later at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, Georgia, Flood came in tenth place in the women's 100-metre breaststroke.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Lisa Flood
Retrieved January 23, 2016. In other international competition, she won bronze medals in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

in Havana, Cuba, and another pair of bronze medals in the 200-metre breaststroke and 4×100-metre medley relay at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

in Victoria, British Columbia. At the

1995 FINA Short Course World Championships The 2nd FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet held on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 November until 3 December 1995. The meet featured 32 events swum in a short course (25m) pool. The United ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she won a silver medal as a member of the second-place Canadian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside

Julie Howard Julie Kathryn Howard (born October 23, 1976), later known by her married name Julie Johnson, is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. At the 1992 Summer Olympics i ...

, Jessica Amey and

Shannon Shakespeare Shannon Shakespeare (born May 6, 1977) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and freestyle specialist. Shakespeare competed for Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, s ...

. She won three medals at the

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in Mar del Plata, Argentina, including two golds in her signature 100- and 200-metre breaststroke events, and a silver in the 4×100-metre medley relay with Joanne Malar, Shannon Shakespeare and

Marianne Limpert Marianne Louise Limpert (born October 10, 1972) is a Canadian former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed in the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley in 1996 in A ...

. Villanova Varsity Club Announces Hall of Fame Class of 2015
" Villanova Wildcats Athletics News (January 8, 2016). Retrieved January 23, 2016. Flood attended

Villanova University Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinians in 1842 and named after Thomas of Villanova, Sa ...

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she swam for the Villanova Wildcats swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) and Big East Conference competition from 1991 to 1994. She won an NCAA national championship in the women's 200-yard breaststroke in 1992, becoming the first Wildcats women's swimmer to win an NCAA title. During her college swimming career, she received eight All-American honors, was recognized as Big East Outstanding Female Swimmer in 1991 and 1992, and won 10 conference championships. Flood was honored by the NCAA with its Top 8 Award for athletic and academic accomplishments in 1995, and graduated from Villanova in 1995.

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Canadian Olympic Committee
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