Naomy Grand'Pierre

Naomy Grand'Pierre (born 16 April 1997) is a Haitian-American swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she ranked 56th with a time of 27.46 seconds. [1] Grand'Pierre is the first woman from Haiti to compete as a swimmer in the Olympics.[2]

Naomy Grand'Pierre
Personal information
NationalityHaitian-American
Born (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sport
SportSwimming

Born in Montreal[3] and raised in Atlanta, Georgia,[4] Grand'Pierre is a dual US-Haitian citizen. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago (Class of 2019) [5] and collaborated with the USA Swimming Diversity and Inclusion Committee during her college years. She is currently helping the Haitian National Swim Team, in collaboration with the FHSA (Haitian Swimming Federation), structure their program to give Haitians in Haiti and the Diaspora more access to the sport.[2][6]

References
  1. "Naomy Grand Pierre". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. "Naomy Grand'Pierre, U. of C. swimmer, makes Olympics history". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. "Olympian Naomy Grand'Pierre: Looking to Rio and Beyond". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. "Swimmer chases Olympic dreams". Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  5. "Naomy Grand'Pierre". The University of Chicago Athletics. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  6. "This Olympian's Heartbreaking Story Reveals a Huge Inequality in Her Sport". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.


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