London Roar is a professional swimming club based in London and one of the first clubs of the

International Swimming League The International Swimming League (ISL) is an annual professional Swimming (sport), swimming league, established in 2019. It features a team-based competition format with fast-paced race sessions. In 2019, the regular season started in October an ...

(ISL) to be formed. It was formed in March 2019, with an international roster of swimmers including

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who was among the first to support the formation of ISL independent of

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. It is run by its general manager

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. London hosted the sixth of the seven meets in ISL's inaugural season in 2019. The team finished second in 2019 and third in

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Team roster

Six swimmers were named as co-captains in seasons one:

Sydney Pickrem Sydney Pickrem (born May 21, 1997) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. Pickrem won a bronze medal in the 400m individual medley at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. At the 2015 Pan American Games, she won a silver in the 400m and bronze in t ...

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian a ...

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and James Guy. Peaty and Pickrem were initially announced as captains in the second season, followed by Alia Atkinson and

Guilherme Guido Guilherme Augusto Guido (born 12 February 1987) is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He was twice a finalist in the 100 metre backstroke at World Championships When Guido was young, he was a big rival of César Ci ...

. The team roster changes from year to year, ranging in number 32 to 36 swimmers, although only 28, 12 men and 12 women plus 2 men and 2 women for the relay, competed in ISL events. , the team roster is:

Competition history

London Roar reached the final of the first season of the International Swimming League in 2019 in

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, and finished second behind Energy Standard. The 2020 International Swimming League was held in

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at the Duna Arena, which was used throughout the tournament. London Roar finished third in the final. Team member

broke the short-course 100m breaststroke world record twice.

Kira Toussaint Kira Marije Toussaint (born 22 May 1994) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specialises in backstroke. She is the former world record holder in the short course 50 metre backstroke and the Dutch record holder in the long course 50 metre backstr ...

broke the short-course 50m backstroke world record in the semi-finals.

References

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External links

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