Lisa Alexander

Lisa Alexander

Personal information
Born	(1968-09-22) September 22, 1968 (age 48) Toronto, Ontario
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	synchronized swimming
Medal record Women's Synchronized Swimming Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Aquatics Championships 1991 Perth Duet 1991 Perth Team 1994 Rome Solo 1994 Rome Duet 1994 Rome Team Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team 1995 Mar del Plata Duet 1995 Mar del Plata Team Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Solo 1994 Victoria Duet

Lisa Alexander (born September 22, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.

Alexander began synchronized swimming at age eight. She had success in solo, duet and team events. Her original duet partner was Kathy Glen, with whom she would win a bronze medal at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth. Her second duet partner was Erin Woodley they would win gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where Alexander would also win a gold in the solo event. At the 1994 World Aquatics Championships she would bring home three medals, a silver in team, a bronze in solo and a silver in duet. She and Woodley would then go on to win a silver medal in duet at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Alexander's most notable achievement was being team captain of Canadian team that received a silver medal in team event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Alexander was President of the Mississauga Sports Council and coached future Olympians at the Etobicoke Olympium.

Alexander was Ontario's Female Athlete of the Year in 1995. Alexander was inducted into the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

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