Tanja Kylliäinen

Tanja Kylliäinen (born 30 January 1993) is a Finnish swimmer who attended and swam for the University of Louisville. She competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1] Kylliäinen was born in Baltimore, Maryland to an American mother and a Finnish father. She has lived her whole life in the United States and speaks only a few words of Finnish.^[2][3]

Tanja Kylliäinen

Tanja Kylliäinen in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish-American
Born	(1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 32) Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
College team	Louisville
Coach	Arthur Albiero (Louisville)

Kylliäinen attended and swam for the University of Louisville under Head Coach Arthur Albiero.^[4]

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics

Kylliainen competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she placed 25th with a time of 4:45.33 finishing second in the first preliminary heat of 5 total preliminary heats. She also competed in the 200-meter individual medley finishing in 25th place with a time of 2:14.97, finishing first in the first preliminary heat of 5 total preliminary heats.^[1][5] Kylliainen's coach at the University of Louisville, Arthur Albieri, attended the 2016 Olympics as part of the USA National team staff, though he did not coach the Finish team.^[4]