Josh Laban
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Joshua Noel Laban |
Nickname | Josh |
National team | Virgin Islands |
Born | Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands | December 25, 1982
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | St. Croix Dolphins Coral Springs Swim Club |
College team | University of Georgia (U.S.) |
Joshua Noel Laban (born December 25, 1982)[1] is an Olympic swimmer from the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was the USVI's flagbearer for the 2008 Olympics and the 2007 Pan American Games. He attended college and swam at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He obtained a medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Miami.[2]
See also
[edit]International tournaments
[edit]- 2008 Olympics,
- 2007 Pan American Games,
- 2007 World Championships,
- 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, and
- 2004 Olympics.[3]
- 2003 Pan American Games
- 1999 Pan American Games
References
[edit]- ^ Laban's bio from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-06-29
- ^ Alum Josh Laban Competes in Athens Olympics Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine from the St. Croix Day School website; retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ^ Laban's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-06-29.
Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- United States Virgin Islands male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for the United States Virgin Islands
- Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Georgia Bulldogs men's swimmers
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States Virgin Islands
- People from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- North American swimming biography stubs
- United States Virgin Islands sportspeople stubs