Teia Salvino

Teia Isabella Salvino is a Filipino–American swimmer who secured a gold medal in the Women's 100m backstroke, becoming the country's second gold medal in swimming at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games.^[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

Salvino father immigrated to the United States from the Philippines. She is currently a high school student at Santa Margarita Catholic High School^[5] and swims year-round with the Mission Viejo Nadadores in California.^[6]

Swimming career

Salvino started swimming at seven and joined the Paseo Aquatics Club. She broke the Southern California Swimming record in the 11–12 girls age group for the 50-yard freestyle at the Kevin Perry Meet in La Mirada. Clocked in with a time of 23.71, Salvino broke the previous record set by Claire McClean from Westside Aquatics by 0.15 seconds.^[7]

2023 SEA Games

In May 2023, Salvino won a gold medal in the Women's 100m backstroke at the 2023 SEA Games held at the Morodok Aquatic Centre in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.^[8][9] Her win secured the country's second gold medal in swimming^[2] after Xiandi Chua's performance in the 200m backstroke.^[1][10] With a finishing at 1:01:64,^[11] Salvino broke the national and SEA Games records^[12][13] in swimming set by Anh Vien since 2017,^{[citation needed]} and reset the national women's 50-meter backstroke record with her 28.95-second swim.^[14]

Salvino also won the silver medal in the women's 4×100-meter with fellow SEA Games gold medalist Xiandi Chua, Miranda Renner, and Jasmine Alkhaldi, and a bronze medal in the women's 50m backstroke.^[5]

World Junior Aquatic Championships

Salvino has led the Philippine campaign at the 9th World Aquatics Junior Championships in Netanya, Israel.^[15] She qualified in the 50m and 100m backstroke, 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, and 100m butterfly.^[16][17]

Awards and honors

• Santa Margarita All-Time Top 50 Times^[18]
• 2021–22 Girls Swimming Honor Roll^[19]
• 2024 SwimSwam's Best of the Rest^[20]

References

1. Payo, Jasmine (2023-05-09). "Teen swimmer Teia Salvino sets SEA Games, PH backstroke record". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
2. Navarro, June (2023-05-09). "Teia Salvino wins PH's second SEA Games 2023 swimming gold in record time". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
3. Valderrama, Aeron Paul (2023-05-09). "SEA Games: Teia Salvino breaks GR in 100m backstroke, picks up swimming's second gold". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
4. Terrado, Reuben (2023-05-09). "Teia Salvino delivers second PH swimming medal in record fashion". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
5. Suing, Ivan (2023-05-10). "Salvino wants bigger prize – Welcome to Tribune Sports!". sports.tribune.net.ph. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
6. Zacharias, Sidney (2023-02-15). ""BOTR" Sprinter Teia Salvino Announces Commitment To Alabama (2024)". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
7. Lovi, Dan (2018-12-17). "Paseo Aquatics Club's Teia Salvino breaks Southern California swim record". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
8. "Salvino smashes SEA Games record for backstroke gold". Filipino News. 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
9. "Swimmer Teia Salvino breaks national, SEAG record to claim gold in Cambodia SEA Games". GMA News Online. 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
10. "Swimmers can only get better". malaya.com.ph. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
11. "Salvino smashes SEA Games record for backstroke gold". ABS-CBN News. 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
12. Maningat, Raul (2023-05-10). "New face of PH swimming? SEA Games gold medalist Teia Salvino is breaking records at 17". onesports.ph. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
13. de la Peña, Leobert Julian A. (2023-05-10). "SEA Games: Teia Salvino clinches historic gold medal in swimming's 100-m backstroke". Daily Guardian. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
14. . cnn. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
15. "Mojdeh, 4 other national record holders qualify for world juniors championships". BusinessMirror. 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
16. Malanum, Jean (2023-07-23). "Salvino to lead PH swim squad in World Junior Championships". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
17. Matienzo, Coach Emer (2023-07-25). "Philippine Aquatics Qualifies Swimmers for the 9th World Junior Aquatics Junior Swimming Championship in Israel". philswimming.com. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
18. "Santa Margarita All-Time Top 50 Times" (PDF). resources.finalsite.net. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
19. "2021–22 Girls Swimming Honor Roll". www.nfhs.org.
20. Anderson, Jared (2022-06-10). "Way Too Early Recruit Ranks: Girls High School Class of 2024". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2023-11-11.

External links

• Teia Salvino at Swimming Rank
• Teia Salvino at SwimCloud