Mia Phiri

Position:
Back/Fly
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lusaka, Zambia
High School:
Millfield School (UK)

AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22)
Competed in just one meet, at Queens.

PREP/CLUB
Member of the National Zambian Swim Team • Served as Captain of the Zambian National Team during the 2020 CANA ZONE IV Championships • Two-time Zambian Swimmer-of-the-Year (2017, 2018) • First Zambian to compete in the FINA Master’s World Swimming Championships (Gwangju, South Korea) in 2019 • Participated in the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships (Budapest, Hungary) • Competed in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Earned a silver medal in the 50m backstroke at the 2018 Africa Youth Games • Member of the Torpedoes Swim Club and Millfield Swim Club • Member of the varsity soccer as well as track and field teams • Won a silver medal in the 100m at the ISSEA (International Schools of Southern and Eastern Africa) Championships in 2019 • Member of the equestrian team • President of the International Student Association at Millfield School.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Nicola Ann-Sharpe and Guy Phiri • Birthday is May 5 • Father played soccer for Imperial College in London (1987-91) • Grandfather captained the Oxford University golf team (1960-61) • Hobbies include playing the alto saxophone.