Lara Preacco (born 10 May 1971) is a Swiss

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. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Preacco is now the head coach for the

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swimming and diving team. Prior to coaching the Florida Atlantic team, Preacco set five Swiss national records and captured 38 gold medals while competing at the Swiss National Championships from 1983 to 1997. Preacco swam for the FAU Owls from 1994 to 1998. She represented both FAU and her home country of Switzerland at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and was inducted into the FAU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Preacco also earned Honorable Mention in the All-American Scholar Excellence rankings, while placing on the FAU Dean's List four times and President's List three times.

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* 1971 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Switzerland Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Swiss female freestyle swimmers 20th-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-swimming-bio-stub