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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.
Pat Turner, Kevin Neufeld, Mark Evans, Grant Main, Paul Steele, J. Michael Evans, Dean Crawford, Blair Horn, and Brian McMahon – Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain (see also 1984 Canadian Mens Rowing Eight) Linda Thom – Shooting, Women's 25 m Pistol; Alex Baumann – Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Canadian Trials Victoria, Canada [22] 100m backstroke: 57.70 Kylie Masse: Toronto Swim Club 19 June 2021: Canadian Olympic Trials Toronto, Canada [23] 200m backstroke: 2:05.42 Kylie Masse Canada 31 July 2021: Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan [24] 50m breaststroke: 30.23 Amanda Reason: Etobicoke Swim Club 8 July 2009: Canadian World Championship ...
Pages in category "Olympic swimmers for Canada" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 375 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Hannah Margaret McNair "Maggie" Mac Neil [note 1] OLY (born 26 February 2000) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer. [2] [1] A 100 metre butterfly event specialist, she is the 2020 Olympic champion, 2019 World (LC) champion, two-time World (SC) champion (2021, 2022), 2022 Commonwealth champion, and 2023 Pan American champion. [3]
During the 2016 Summer Olympics, swimmer Penny Oleksiak became the inaugural Canadian of either gender to win four medals at a single Summer Games and the distinction of the country's youngest Olympic multiple medalist at the age of 16: a gold in the 100 m freestyle, a silver in the 100 m butterfly, and two bronzes in the women's freestyle ...
Joshua Liendo Edwards (born August 20, 2002) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who is an Olympic silver medalist. [1] He is the first Black Canadian swimmer to win an individual medal at a major international championship. [2] [3] At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Liendo won a silver medal in the men's 100 m butterfly. [4]
In 2004, Canada failed to win a medal of any colour in swimming for the first time in 40 years. At the Tokyo Olympics, Penny Oleksiak became the most decorated Canadian Olympian of all time, winning a total of 7 medals. At the Paris Olympics in 2024, Summer McIntosh became Canada's first three time Olympic gold medalist in swimming.