Laura Sogar (born 27 April 1991) is an American swimmer.[1] She is a two times medal winner representing United States at the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2012 and swims for University of Texas at the United States Short Course Swimming Championships, a domestic and national level swimming championship in USA.[2]

Laura Sogar
Laura Sogar signs autographs after finishing the 200m breaststroke event in 2017
Personal information
National team United States
Born (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33)
Dallas, Texas, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbreaststroke
ClubUniversity of Texas
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's swimming
FINA Youth World Swimming Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Monterrey 4 × 100 m relay medley
Silver medal – second place 2008 Monterrey 50m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Monterrey 200m breaststroke
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 200m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Istanbul 4 × 100 m medley relay
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan 200m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan 4 × 100 metre medley relay

College career

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She also holds the American national record for the women's 200m breaststroke event when she established the record for Texas in 2012.[3]

Sogar also claimed a gold medal in her college career for the University of Texas at the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in the women's 200y breaststroke event.[4][5]

Career

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She competed at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in her youth career claiming 3 medals including a gold medal in the Girl's 4 × 100 m relay medley event.

She then went to represent the United States swimming team in senior level competitions in late 2012 after competing at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships which was held in Turkey. She claimed a silver medal in the women's 200m breaststroke event and secured a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m relay medley event.[6]

Personal life

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Sogar is engaged to comedian Matthew Broussard.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Swimrankings - SOGAR, Laura". www.swimrankings.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. ^ "Laura Sogar - 2012-13 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster - University of Texas". texassports.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. ^ "Laura Sogar, Kevin Cordes Scare American Records in Final Prelim Session in Austin". December 2012.
  4. ^ "Laura Sogar - CollegeSwimming". www.collegeswimming.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. ^ "Meet Results: 2013 NCAA D1 Women's Swimming & Diving Champs". www.swmeets.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  6. ^ "Keeping Up With The Longhorns: Olympic Hopeful Laura Sogar - Swimming World News". Swimming World News. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  7. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.