Question: Elizabeth Tinnon was a bronze medalist in a competition held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years, in the year before what?

Context articles: Indian Ocean Island Games
Antisemitism in the Olympic Games
Elizabeth Tinnon
Anna Pogorilaya
Olympic Games
IFAF World Championship
Pan American Games
Asian Beach Games
Yukari Nakano
Elections in Iowa

The Indian Ocean Island Games (French: "Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien" ) is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Indian Ocean island nations.
 The Games was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977 and currently gather the island nations and territories of Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion and the Maldives.
 The number of athletes who participate has increased over the years, it went from 1000 athletes in 1979 to over 1500 participants in 2003 and 2007.
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: "Jeux olympiques" ), are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
 The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating.
 The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
 In the Olympic games during the years, although its approach of "peace through sport", there have been many anti-Semitic occasions which brought the politics into the sports field, and at least in 1972 – ended in the death of eleven Israeli athletes.
Elizabeth Tinnon (born May 21, 1985) is an American breaststroke swimmer.
 She is a bronze medalist from the Pan American Games.
Anna Alexeyevna Pogorilaya (Russian: Анна Алексеевна Погорилая ; born 10 April 1998) is a Russian figure skater.
 She is the 2016 World bronze medalist, a three-time European medalist (2017 silver, 2015–2016 bronze), the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2016 Russian national bronze medalist.
 She has won gold at four Grand Prix events – 2013 Cup of China, 2014 Skate Canada International, 2016 Rostelecom Cup, and 2016 NHK Trophy.
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: "Jeux olympiques" ) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
 The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating.
 The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
The IFAF World Championship of American Football (also known as the IFAF World Cup) is an international American football competition held every four years and contested by teams representing member nations.
 The competition is run by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), the international governing body for the sport.
 Seventy-one nations have a national American football team.
 The most recent tournament in 2015, there were seven teams in the tournament.
The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a major sporting event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions.
 The competition is held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games.
 The only Winter Pan American Games were held in 1990.
 The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) is the governing body of the Pan American Games movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.
The Asian Beach Games, also known as ABG,is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia.
 The Games have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
 The Games are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Asian Games and the popularity is increasing well, due to low cost of temporary venues, and sand & sea are already available in its place, while the spectators/tourists are also already available in sand & sea tourist areas.
 Which the first Asian Beach Games has been held in Bali Island.
Yukari Nakano (中野 友加里 , Nakano Yukari , born August 25, 1985) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater.
 She is the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2003 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2005–06 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, and a three-time (2007, 2008, 2010) Japanese national bronze medalist.
 Nakano is one of seven female skaters to perform a triple axel in international competition.
The number of elections in Iowa varies from year to year.
 Presidential elections are held every four years.
 Since 1972, Iowa has been the first state to vote in presidential primaries, with their caucuses.
 As with presidential elections, gubernatorial elections are held every four years - but are staggered such that they are held on general elections independently of the presidential election.
 Members of the Iowa Senate are elected every four years, with half of the Senate elected at each general election; all members of the Iowa House of Representatives are elected every two years.
 Additionally, elections for various government officials, judicial retention elections, and elections on referenda occur as part of various elections in Iowa.