Aminata Barrow: Difference between revisions

'''Aminata '''"'''Amie'''"''' Barrow''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|19|2023|7|6|noage=1}}) is a Gambian competitive [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]]. She qualified to represent [[The Gambia]] at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].

Barrow was born in 2003 or 2004 in the United Kingdom; her father is from [[The Gambia]] and her mother is from [[Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gambianoc.gm/new-star-eye-for-paris-2024-olympic-games/|publisher=[[The Gambia National Olympic Committee]]|title=New star eye for Paris 2024 Olympic Games|date=7 June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/B2ONS|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=This Shorewood swimmer wanted to challenge herself more. That led Amie Barrow to eye the 2024 Olympic Games.|date=6 July 6, 2023|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref> Her family moved to the United States when she was age eight, settling in [[Shorewood, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gambianoc.gm/new-star-eye-for-paris-2024-olympic-games/|publisher=[[The Gambia National Olympic Committee]]|title=New star eye for Paris 2024 Olympic Games|date=7 June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/B2ONS|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=This Shorewood swimmer wanted to challenge herself more. That led Amie Barrow to eye the 2024 Olympic Games.|date=6 July 6, 2023|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref> She started swimming at age four and later began doing it competitively once she moved to the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gambianoc.gm/new-star-eye-for-paris-2024-olympic-games/|publisher=[[The Gambia National Olympic Committee]]|title=New star eye for Paris 2024 Olympic Games|date=7 June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/RKcKQ|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=Shorewood athlete will become first female swimmer representing The Gambia at Olympics|date=3 July 3, 2024|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref> She competed for Shorewood Swim Club under coach Dave Westfahl and later at [[Shorewood High School (Wisconsin)|Shorewood High School]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/B2ONS|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=This Shorewood swimmer wanted to challenge herself more. That led Amie Barrow to eye the 2024 Olympic Games.|date=6 July 6, 2023|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref> At Shorewood, she was a top student-athlete and competed on the swim team for four years, helping the high school's team be runner-up at the 2020 state championships while Barrow won an individual state high school championship in 2021, in the 100-yard breaststroke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gambianoc.gm/new-star-eye-for-paris-2024-olympic-games/|publisher=[[The Gambia National Olympic Committee]]|title=New star eye for Paris 2024 Olympic Games|date=7 June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/RKcKQ|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=Shorewood athlete will become first female swimmer representing The Gambia at Olympics|date=3 July 3, 2024|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref> In 2022, Barrow competed at the [[USA Swimming]] Wisconsin championships and won the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/B2ONS|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=This Shorewood swimmer wanted to challenge herself more. That led Amie Barrow to eye the 2024 Olympic Games.|date=6 July 6, 2023|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref> Barrow graduated from Shorewood in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/RKcKQ|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=Shorewood athlete will become first female swimmer representing The Gambia at Olympics|date=3 July 3, 2024|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref>

Barrow [[Walk-on (sports)|walked-on]] for the swim team at [[Brown University]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/B2ONS|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=This Shorewood swimmer wanted to challenge herself more. That led Amie Barrow to eye the 2024 Olympic Games.|date=6 July 6, 2023|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref> She made the team and participated in eight meets during the 2022–23 season; she competed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 [[individual medley]] events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/B2ONS|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=This Shorewood swimmer wanted to challenge herself more. That led Amie Barrow to eye the 2024 Olympic Games.|date=6 July 6, 2023|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brownbears.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/amie-barrow/19522|publisher=[[Brown Bears]]|title=Amie Barrow}}</ref> She competed at the [[Ivy League]] championships and placed 16th in the 100 breaststroke.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/B2ONS|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=This Shorewood swimmer wanted to challenge herself more. That led Amie Barrow to eye the 2024 Olympic Games.|date=6 July 6, 2023|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref> In her [[sophomore]] year, she competed in seven meets and set her personal bests in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brownbears.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/amie-barrow/19522|publisher=[[Brown Bears]]|title=Amie Barrow}}</ref> She competed at the Ivy League championships and placed 13th in the 100 breaststroke and seventh in the 200 breaststroke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brownbears.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/amie-barrow/19522|publisher=[[Brown Bears]]|title=Amie Barrow}}</ref>

Barrow qualified for the [[2023 World Aquatics Championships]] representing The Gambia, becoming the first female swimmer to compete at the event for the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202307260275.html|via=[[allAfrica]]|title=Gambia: Barrow Becomes 1st Gambian Female Swimmer to Compete in World Aquatic Championship|date=25 July 25, 2023|newspaper=[[The Point (newspaper)|The Point]]|author=M.S. Camara, Arfang}}</ref> Although in her international debut, she managed to set the national records in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gambianoc.gm/new-star-eye-for-paris-2024-olympic-games/|publisher=[[The Gambia National Olympic Committee]]|title=New star eye for Paris 2024 Olympic Games|date=7 June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202307260275.html|via=[[allAfrica]]|title=Gambia: Barrow Becomes 1st Gambian Female Swimmer to Compete in World Aquatic Championship|date=25 July 25, 2023|newspaper=[[The Point (newspaper)|The Point]]|author=M.S. Camara, Arfang}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202308010366.html|newspaper=[[The Point (newspaper)|The Point]]|via=[[allAfrica]]|title=Gambia: Amie Barrow Finishes 1st in Women's 200M Breaststroke|date=31 July 31, 2023|author=M.S. Camara, Arfang}}</ref> The following year, she was selected to represent The Gambia at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] through a universality quota, becoming The Gambia's first female Olympic swimmer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/RKcKQ|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|title=Shorewood athlete will become first female swimmer representing The Gambia at Olympics|date=3 July 3, 2024|author=Nickel, Lori}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gambiaj.com/paris-2024-olympics-aminata-barrow-makes-history-as-first-female-gambian-swimmer/|newspaper=[[The Gambia Journal]]|title=Paris 2024 Olympics – Aminata Barrow Makes History as First Female Gambian Swimmer|author=Tendeng, Frederic|date=4 July 4, 2024}}</ref>