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Marie-Lizza Toinette Danila (born September 17, 1982) is a Filipino former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] She represented the Philippines, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later collected a total of six silver medals in a backstroke double at the Southeast Asian Games (1999, 2001, and 2003) before her official retirement in 2005.[2] She is also a top 8 finalist at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.

Lizza Danila

Personal information
Full name	Marie-Lizza Toinette Danila
National team	Philippines
Born	(1982-09-17) 17 September 1982 (age 39) San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the Philippines Southeast Asian Games 1999 Brunei 100 m backstroke 1999 Brunei 200 m backstroke 2001 Kuala Lumpur 100 m backstroke 2001 Kuala Lumpur 200 m backstroke 2003 Hanoi 100 m backstroke 2003 Hanoi 200 m backstroke

Career

Danila competed only in the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:06.19 after winning a silver medal from the Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.[3][4] Swimming in heat one, Danila, who just turned 18 on the second day of the Games, gave the Filipinos a further reason to celebrate, as she overhauled a 1:07 barrier and rocketed to a fantastic first-place finish in a sterling time of 1:06.48. Danila's blistering triumph was not worthy enough to put her through to the semifinals, as she placed thirty-seventh overall out of 47 swimmers in the prelims.[5][6]

At the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Danila defended her silver medals each in the 100 m backstroke (1:05.10) and in the 200 m backstroke (2:23.47), finishing behind Thailand's top favorite Chonlathorn Vorathamrong by more than a full body length.[7][8]

Two years later, at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Danila failed to medal in any of her individual events, finishing ninth in the 100 m backstroke (1:06.44), and eighth in the 200 m backstroke (2:22.19).[9][10]

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