Nikol Merizaj (born 7 August 1998) is an Albanian

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 ...

. She competed in the

women's 100 metre freestyle A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...

event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

where she finished 43rd in the heats and did not advance. In 2019, she represented

Albania at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships Albania competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a ...

held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and

events. In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.

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* 1998 births Living people Albanian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Albania Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Albanian female freestyle swimmers Mediterranean Games competitors for Albania Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Fier {{Albania-swimming-bio-stub