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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.
As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Toronto, McIntosh won the 200 metre freestyle event over training partner Penny Oleksiak, with a personal best time of 1:56.19, which also marked the fastest time ever by a 14-year-old swimmer worldwide. [23] This qualified her for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. McIntosh followed this ...
She tied with Penny Oleksiak of Canada for the gold medal in the 100 m freestyle, both setting an Olympic record of 52.70. [14] Manuel is the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in an individual swimming event [14] [15] and is also said to be the first black woman to achieve this.
Canada's Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel of the United States dead-heated for the 100 meters Olympic swimming freestyle gold on Thursday
Penny Oleksiak didn't want any sympathy after narrowly missing the podium in the women's 100m freestyle. It sounds like she had the same attitude as a child.
Penny Oleksiak made history in the pool (again), while Andre De Grasse reached the podium on Sunday for his fourth career Olympic medal.
She won a silver medal as part of the Canadian team in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, alongside Maggie Mac Neil, Rebecca Smith, and Penny Oleksiak. [17] She also swam the freestyle leg in the heats of the 4x100 m medley relay , helping the Canadian team finish the heats in first place, and earned a bronze medal when the finals team finished third ...
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