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Penelope Oleksiak (born June 13, 2000) is a Canadian competitive swimmer.Nicknamed "Magic Penny", she is one of her country's most decorated Olympians.Oleksiak rose to fame during the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she became the first Canadian to win four medals in the same Summer Games, and the country's youngest Olympic champion with her gold medal win in the 100 m freestyle.
In one of the most unexpected results at these Games, Canadian teenager Penny Oleksiak and U.S. sprinter Simone Manuel pulled off an enormous upset from Australia's pre-race favorites Bronte and Cate Campbell down the home stretch to be in a dead heat for the gold medal. [2]
[2] [3] Canada's 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak came from third at the initial length to smash a new junior World and Canadian record for the silver in 56.46, touching out U.S. swimmer and reigning Olympic titleholder Dana Vollmer, who claimed the bronze in 56.63, by just 0.17 of a second. [4] [5]
Canada's Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel of the United States dead-heated for the 100 meters Olympic swimming freestyle gold on Thursday
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When you win more Olympic medals than any other Canadian, it can be hard to keep them from tangling.
Penny Oleksiak (52.89) Sarah Sjöström (51.45) Kayla Sanchez (51.60) Femke Heemskerk (51.44) Energy Standard Canada Sweden Canada Netherlands 20 December 2019 Las Vegas 7 3:26.53 Inge Dekker (52.39) Femke Heemskerk (50.58) Maud van der Meer (52.55) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.01) Netherlands 5 December 2014 Doha 8 3:26.55 Penny Oleksiak (52.06)
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