Laura Sogar
{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1991)}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCompetition|FINA Youth World Swimming Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2008 Monterrey|4 × 100 m relay medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Monterrey|50m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2008 Monterrey|200m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Istanbul|200m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Istanbul|4 × 100 m medley relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Kazan|200m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Kazan|4 × 100 metre medley relay}}}}
Laura Sogar (born 27 April 1991) is an American swimmer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4082958|title=Swimrankings - SOGAR, Laura|website=www.swimrankings.net|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}} She is a two times medal winner representing United States at the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2012 and swims for University of Texas at the United States Short Course Swimming Championships, a domestic and national level swimming championship in USA.{{Cite web|url=https://texassports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3071|title=Laura Sogar - 2012-13 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster - University of Texas|website=texassports.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}}
College career
She also holds the American national record for the women's 200m breaststroke event when she established the record for Texas in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/USA/32791.asp?q=Live-Coverage-of-Day-Three-Prelims-in-Austin;-Laura-Sogar,-Kevin-Cordes-Scare-American-Records|title = Laura Sogar, Kevin Cordes Scare American Records in Final Prelim Session in Austin|date = December 2012}}
Sogar also claimed a gold medal in her college career for the University of Texas at the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in the women's 200y breaststroke event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegeswimming.com/swimmer/93564/|title=Laura Sogar - CollegeSwimming|website=www.collegeswimming.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/NCAA/2013/|title=Meet Results: 2013 NCAA D1 Women's Swimming & Diving Champs|website=www.swmeets.com|access-date=2018-05-01}}
Career
She competed at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in her youth career claiming 3 medals including a gold medal in the Girl's 4 × 100 m relay medley event.
She then went to represent the United States swimming team in senior level competitions in late 2012 after competing at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships which was held in Turkey. She claimed a silver medal in the women's 200m breaststroke event and secured a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m relay medley event.{{Cite news|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/keeping-up-with-the-longhorns-olympic-hopeful-laura-sogar/|title=Keeping Up With The Longhorns: Olympic Hopeful Laura Sogar - Swimming World News|date=2016-06-09|work=Swimming World News|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-US}}
Personal life
Sogar is engaged to comedian Matthew Broussard.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/mondaypunday/p/C0HhTKsgs8J/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.instagram.com}}
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Category:American female swimmers
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States
Category:Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
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