Team USAArtistic Swimming

Ghizal Akbar

Athlete Bio

Height

5'6

Hometown

Walnut Creek, CA

Education

College Park High School

Home Club: Walnut Creek Aquanuts

Personal: She likes to paint in her free time... She almost drowned on her first day of artistic swimming when she was six... She loves music... She wants to live in Paris when she is older… She broke her toe one week before 2022 World Championships and competed with a taped broken toe

Career Highlights:

2023 Youth World Artistic Swimming Championships: 3rd (Duet), 3rd (Team), 4th (Combination)
2023 Junior Olympic Championship: 1st (Youth Duet), 4th (Youth Figures), 3rd (Youth Solo)
2023 U.S. Youth National Championship: 8th (Solo), 7th (Duet)
2022 FINA Youth World Championships: 3rd (Team), 3rd (Combo)
2022 Region B Championship: 2nd (Figures, Solo, Duet, Team), 1st (Combo)
2022 U.S. 13-15 Championship and 12U Invitational: 2nd (Team), 1st (Combo)
2021 U.S. 13-15 Championship and 12U Invitational: 1st (Team, Combo)
2021 Junior Olympic Championship: 1st (11-12 Figures, Solo)
2019 Junior Olympic Championship: 1st (Team)