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Swimming Canada is the national governing body for competitive swimming in Canada. It was established in 1909, as the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association.Swimming Canada oversees the management of all swim programs throughout the nation and provides the foundation for beginner-level athletes to train towards the elite level, with the chance to attend world championships and the Olympic Games.
Canada competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Since Canada's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the United States-led boycott.
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.
Sanchez made her debut in major international competition in 2017, as part of the Canadian team for the 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships team in Indianapolis.She won two individual medals, a silver in the 200 m individual medley and bronze in the 100 m freestyle, and was part of a Canadian sweep of the gold medals in the women's relay events, taking gold in the 4x100 m and 4x200 ...
Michelle Toro (née Williams; born January 2, 1991) is a Canadian competition swimmer who specializes in the freestyle in the sprint distances. [1] She won a gold medal in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the 4 x 100 m freestyle and in the 4 x 100 m medley relay. [2]
Hayden's first Olympics were the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as part of the Canadian swimming team. [1] [2] At the time Swimming Canada had been in a steady decline and wound up with no medals in Athens. [3] It was a disappointing first Olympic appearance for Hayden, as inexperience took its toll on the 20-year-old. [4]
McIntosh's final swim of the Paris Olympics was as part of the Canadian team in the 4×100 m medley relay, having replaced Oleksiak as the anchor for the event final. For the third time, the Canadians finished fourth, denying McIntosh's chance to tie Cindy Klassen 's record for the most medals won by a Canadian Olympian in a single Olympics. [ 99 ]
[2] [3] At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Liendo won a silver medal in the men's 100 m butterfly. [4] A four-time World Aquatics Championships medallist and three-time FINA World Swimming Championships medallist, he is also the 2022 Commonwealth champion in the 100 metre butterfly and represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5] [6]