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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.
Etobicoke Swim Club 8 July 2009: Canadian World Championship Trials Montreal, Canada [25] 100m breaststroke: 1:05.74 Annamay Pierse: UBC Dolphins Swim Club 9 July 2009: Canadian World Championship Trials Montreal, Canada [26] 200m breaststroke: 2:20.12 sf: Annamay Pierse Canada 30 July 2009: World Championships: Rome, Italy [27] 50m butterfly ...
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 ...
Her time for the 400 m freestyle event was 12 minutes and 50 seconds. [10] In April 2024, she set the record in the 800 m freestyle at a time of 26 minutes and 17 seconds in a Masters swimming competition. [11] She broke these records while she was 99 in the 100-to-104-year-old age category, as it relies on birth year rather than exact age.
Gurr's coach for the majority of her career was Deryk Snelling, who many believe was the reason the Canadian Dolphin Team were National Team champions for so many years. Almost half of the Munich Olympic swim team were from the Canadian Dolphins, and the medals won by Leslie Cliff, Bruce Robertson, Bill Mahoney and Gurr accounted for almost all ...
Mark Roger Tewksbury, CC MSM (born February 7, 1968) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics . He also hosted the first season of How It's Made , a Canadian documentary series, in 2001.
Betty Brussel, 99-year-old Canadian swimmer, breaks three world records. Maroosha Muzaffar. January 24, 2024 at 2:50 AM. ... In the 50-metre breaststroke, she achieved a time of 1:56.22 ...
Cynthia Maria "Cindy" Nicholas, CM (August 20, 1957 – May 19, 2016) was a long distance swimmer and a politician in Ontario, Canada. In 1977, she became the first woman to complete a two-way crossing of the English Channel. From 1987 to 1990 she was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.