Gail Rizzo

Gail Rizzo
Personal information
National teamMalta
Born (1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 45)
OccupationSwimming coach
Sport
SportSwimming
Events
  • 50m freestyle
  • 100m freestyle
  • 100m backstroke
  • 200m backstroke

Gail Rizzo (born 2 February 1979) is a Maltese former swimmer and current swimming coach who represented Malta at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.[1]

Career

At the 1996 Summer Olympic Games Rizzo finished 50th out of 55 competitors in the women's 50m freestyle in a time of 28.43 seconds, 48th and last in the women's 100m freestyle with a time of 1:02.19 and 33rd out of 36 in the women's 100m backstroke with a time of 1:07.61.[2]

Rizzo set a national record of 2:25.66 in the 200m backstroke in May 1997. The record lasted until 2019.[3]

She later became head coach of Neptunes WPSC.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Gail Rizzo". olympic.org. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Gail Rizzo". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  3. ^ Azzopardi, Rita. "Swimming: New national record in 200m Backstroke Final". independent.com.mt. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Neptunes Swimmers take part in German International Christmas Swim Meet in Berlin". independent.com.mt. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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