Breeja Larson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American swimmer
Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1992
Place of Birth: Mesa, Arizona, United States
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Breeja Larson
- Breeja Larson (born April 16, 1992) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke, and is an Olympic gold medalist.
- She earned a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- In November 2019, she visited the Oshkosh YMCA and swam 400 breaststroke when she was invited by OSHY head swim team coach Jay Coleman.
- At the team’s champion meet.OSHY Larson was born in Mesa, Arizona, one of seven sisters.
- She later moved to Boise, Idaho where she attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho for three years and graduated from Mountain View High School in Mesa in 2010.
- She swam for the Centennial Patriot and Mountain View Toros high school swim teams.
- As a senior, she was the state runner-up in the 100-yard breaststroke.
- She also lettered in softball and track and field. She attended Texas A&M University, where she swam for the Texas A&M Aggies swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2011 to 2014.
- As a freshman, she finished second in both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke at the 2011 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships; as a sophomore in 2012, she was the NCAA national champion in the 100-yard breaststroke, and finished third in the 200-yard event.
- She was a senior during the 2013–14 school year.
- She also graduated from Titans of Investing, A&M Class 19.At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Larson made the U.S.
- Olympic team for the first time by winning the 100-meter breaststroke in a time of 1:05.92, ahead of favorite Rebecca Soni.
- At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S.
- team in the preliminaries of the 4×100-meter medley relay.
- At the final 100-meter breaststroke, Larson false started.
- However, it was determined there was a technical issue and she was allowed to compete.
- She finished in sixth place.
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