Lia Neal
Swimmer
American swimmer specializing in the freestyle event who took home the bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics, her Olympic debut. She won silver in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
She was a member of the swim team at the Convent of the Sacred Heart School in New York City.
She won her first international gold medal at the FINA World Championships in 2012.
Her mother is Chinese and her father is African-American.
She was teammates with Katie Ledecky on the U.S. swim team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.