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Josh Liendo

  • Hometown Scarborough, Canada
  • Highschool Bill Crothers Secondary School
  • Sport (Event) Swimming
  • Country Canada
  • Instagram joshua.liendo
  • Years at UF 2022-Present

Biography

The Globe and Mail Olympic Feature - May 16, 2024
Swimming World Feature - March 26, 2024

Olympic Experience:
  • Two-time Olympian
  • Became the first Black Canadian to win an Olympic swimming medal
2024 Paris Olympic Games Results:
Date Event Result
7/27/24 Heat: 4x100m freestyle relay Advanced to Final - 3:12.77 (47.25)
7/27/24 Final: 4x100m freestyle relay 6th - 3:12.18 (47.93 split)
7/30/24 Heat: 100m Freestyle Advanced to Semifinals - 10th - 48.34
7/30/24 Semi: 100m Freestyle 11th - 48.06
8/1/24 Heat: 50m Freestyle Advanced to Semifinals - 15th - 21.92
8/1/24 Semi: 50m Freestyle Advanced to Final - 9th - 21.69
8/2/24 Final: 50m Freestyle 4th - 21.58
8/2/24 Heat: 100m Butterfly Advanced to Semifinals - 50.55
8/2/24 Semi: 100m Butterfly Advanced to Final - 50.42
8/3/24 Final: 100m Butterfly SILVER - 49.99
8/3/24 Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Advanced to Final, 5th - 3:41.41 (50.08 fly split)
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Results 
Date Event Result
7/25/21 4x100m Free Relay 4th - 3:10.82 (47.51 split)
7/27/21 Heat: 100m Free Advanced to semi - 48.34 (4th in heat)
7/27/21 Semi: 100m Free 14th - 48.19
7/29/21 Heat: 100m Fly Advanced to semi - 51.52 (3rd in heat)
7/29/21 Semi: 100m Fly 11th - 51.50
7/30/21 Heat: 50m Free 18th - 22.03
7/31/21 4x100 Medley Relay 7th - 3:32.42 (51.01 split)

Career Accolades at Florida:
  • 13-time All-American
  • Two-Time NCAA Champion in the 100 Free
  • Two-Time NCAA Champion in the 200 Free Relay
  • 2024 NCAA Champion in the 200 Medley Relay
  • 2024 NCAA Champion in the 50 Free
  • 2024 NCAA Champion in the 100 Fly
  • 2023 NCAA Champion in the 400 Medley Relay
  • 2023 NCAA Champion in the 400 Free Relay
  • 2024 SEC Male Swimmer of the Year
  • 2024 SEC Championship Men’s Commissioners Trophy
  • Two-Time SEC Champion in the 100 Fly
  • Two-Time SEC Champion in the 200 Free Relay
  • Two-Time SEC Champion in the 400 Medley Relay
  • 2024 SEC Champion in the 100 Free
  • 2024 SEC Champion in the 400 Free
  • 2024 SEC Champion in the 800 Free
  • 2024 All-SEC First Team
  • 2023 All-SEC First Team
  • 2023 SEC Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year
  • 2023 All-SEC Freshman Team
  • Four-time SEC Men's Swimmer of the Week (9/27/22, 10/17/23, 10/31/23, 11/21/23)
  • Two-time SEC Men's Freshman of the Week (10/25/22, 11/8/22)
  • 2024 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2023-24 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Recipient of Florida’s Swimming & Diving 2024 Skip Foster Award, which is the most valuable swimmer
2023-24 (Sophomore)
  • Member of the 200-Yard Medley Relay Team, 400-yard Medley Relay Team and 800-yard Freestyle Relay Team who set the school records in the 2023-24 season
  • Set three of Florida Men’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 50-Yard Freestyle | 2. – 18.07
    • 100-Yard Freestyle | 2. – 40.82
    • 100-Yard Butterfly | 2. – 43.07
NCAA Championships
  • Earned six All-American Honors
  • Contributed 154 of Florida's 378 points (60 individual and 94 relay)
  • Swept his individual events, winning the 50 Free, 100 Free and 100 Fly to become one of six in NCAA Men's Swimming Championships history – and first since 1996 - to win three individual titles and swim on at least two championship relays teams. He is the first to sweep the NCAA 50 and 100 free and 100 fly since Florida's Caleb Dressel in 2017 and 2018
  • Member of the 200 Medley Relay National Championship Team who broke the NCAA, Meet, U.S. Open and Pool Record with 1:20.15
  • Member of the National Championship 200 Free Relay Team and the 400 Free Relay Runner-Up Team
  • Swam a personal best 18.07 to earn his first NCAA 50 Free title and become the second Gator ever to win the event
  • Became the fourth Gator, first since 2018, to win the 100 Fly after recording the second-best time in program history of 43.07
  • Defended his 100 Free Title after clocking a personal-best 40.20
SEC Championships
  • Member of SEC Championship winning team
  • Earned seven Medals (six gold and one bronze)
  • Awarded the Men's Commissioner's Trophy with the meet's high point total of 91
  • Competed in the 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay and 400 Medley Relay
  • Claimed gold in the 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay and 400 Medley Relay
  • Part of four SEC Championship Meet records and five Auburn facility records
Regular Season
  • Swam in two Dual Meets, two Invitationals (Florida Invite & Georgia Fall Invite), one Tri-Meet and the U.S. Open
  • Participated in 21 events during the regular season
  • Claimed eight first-place finishes and nine top-three finishes
  • Competed in the U.S. Open (11/29 – 12/2) … Won the 100m Freestyle after going 48.60, placing second in the 50m Freestyle and third in the 100m Butterfly
  • Went eight-for-eight at the Georgia Invitational (11/16 – 11/18) … Winning his three individual events (50 Free, 100 Free and 100 Fly), while also being a member of the 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay winning teams
  • Won the 100 Fly and was a member of the winning 200 Medley Relay Team in Tri-Meet win against Kentucky and Tennessee (11/3)
  • Won back-to-back 50 Free and 100 Fly events in dual-meet wins against Georgia (10/27) and Virginia (10/13)
2022-23 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned seven All-American honors
  • Won four National Championships, the most by any individual athlete, and was the only freshman to win an individual National Title
  • Clocked a 40.28 to win the 100 free, becoming both the second Gator in program history to win the event and the second-fastest swimmer ever in the event
  • Member of three NCAA record-breaking relays: 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, and 400 medley relay
  • Opened up the 200 Free Relay record with a blistering personal-best 18.22, contributing to a record time of 1:13.35
  • Posted a fly split of 42.91 in the 400 Medley Relay en route to a NCAA record 2:58.32
  • Went 40.66 to leadoff the 400 Free Relay, providing a strong start to the 2:44.07 national record time
  • National runner-up in the 50 free and 100 fly
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Won seven medals (three gold, four silver)
  • Gold medal in the 100 fly, 200 free relay and 400 medley relay
  • Member of the SEC, Meet and Pool record setting 400 Medley Relay team – 2:59.48
  • Silver medal in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay
Regular Season
  • Won the 50 free against NOVA Southeastern, Virginia and Florida State
  • Claimed first in the 100 fly against NOVA Southeastern and Florida State
  • Was victorious in the 100 free against Tennessee
  • Won the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly at the Georgia Fall Invitational 
  • Posted a personal-best 1:34.23 in the 200 free at the Georgia Fall Invitational
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 18.07 NCAA Championships March 27-30, 2024
100 Free 40.20 NCAA Championships March 27-30, 2024
200 Free 1:32.96 Georgia Fall Invite Nov. 16-18, 2023
100 Fly 43.07 NCAA Championships March 27-30, 2024


International Competition Accolades:
  • Canadian long course national record holder in the 50m free (21.61), 100m fly (50.34) and member of the 4x100 free relay (3:10.82)
  • Canadian short course national record holder in the 50m free (20.76), 50m fly (22.52), and 100m fly (50.00)
  • First Black Canadian swimmer to win a gold medal and an individual medal at a major international championship after being part of Canada’s victory in the mixed 4x50m freestyle relay at the 2021 World Swimming Championships (25m), a short course meet. Additionally, He won bronze in the 50m and 100m freestyle.
  • World Aquatics Championships: 2023 – SILVER (100m butterfly), 8th in Semifinal (50m freestyle), 14th (100m freestyle), 15th (50m butterfly), 5th (4x100m freestyle relay), 4th (mixed 4x100m freestyle relay), 7th (4x100m medley relay); 2022 - BRONZE (100m freestyle), BRONZE (100m butterfly), SILVER (mixed 4x100m freestyle), 5th (50m freestyle), 6th (4x100m freestyle), 11th (4x100m medley); 2019 - 10th (men 4x100m medley), 44th (50m butterfly)
  • Gold medal in the 100m fly (51.24), bronze medal in the 4x100m free relay at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Major:
Pursuing a degree in Education Sciences

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