Anna Louise Wilson (born 1 May 1977) is a United States-born Olympic swimmer from New Zealand.

Wilson was born in 1977 inIowa City in theU.S. state ofIowa.^[1] Wilson,Elizabeth Van Welie,Scott Cameron, andDanyon Loader all trained under swimming coachDuncan Laing atMoana Pool inDunedin, New Zealand, at the same time.^[2][3][4] In 1991, she set an Otago record in 100 m freestyle that would stand for 20 years.^[5] In 1993, she set an Otago senior women's record in 1500 m freestyle that would stand until 2009.^[6] In 1995, she set a national women's aged 17 100 m breaststroke record; it stood for 18 years until it was broken byNatasha Lloyd in 2013.^[7] Wilson's Otago 100 m individual medley women's open record stood until broken in 2012.^[8] As of 2016, she still holds four national age group records.^[9]

Wilson representedNew Zealand at the 1994 Commonwealth Games inVictoria, British Columbia, Canada, in six events.^[10] She placed 4th in the 400 individual medley which qualified her for the 1994 World Championships in Rome, Italy. At the 1994 World Aquatics Championships she placed 2nd in the B final of the 400 individual medley or 10th overall.^[11]

Wilson was one of the 14 swimmers who representedNew Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, United States. She qualified in 6 events and her time at the NZ trials in the 400 individual medley would have placed her 2nd at the US Olympic trials that year.^[12] Wilson was in a team withDionne Bainbridge,Sarah Catherwood, andAlison Fitch to compete in the4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.^[12] They came fifth in their heat and did not qualify for the final;^[13] their overall placement was 11th out of 21 teams.^[14] In the100 metre breaststroke, she came 31st out of 46 competitors.^[15] In the200 metre individual medley, she came 25th out of 43 competitors.^[16] In the400 metre individual medley, she came 24th out of 31 competitors.^[17] Wilson was in a team withLydia Lipscombe,Anna Simcic, and Alison Fitch to compete in the4 × 100 metre medley relay.^[12] They came sixth in their heat and did not qualify for the final;^[18] their overall placement was 19th out of 24 teams.^[19] Wilson is New Zealand Olympian number 747.^[10]

Wilson's portrait is included on the wall of fame at Moana Pool.^[20] She is in the Hall of Fame atSwimming New Zealand.^[11]

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