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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 ...
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. Tokyo Olympics 2021: Penny Oleksiak ...
Canada's Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel of the United States dead-heated for the 100 meters Olympic swimming freestyle gold on Thursday
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]
Penny Oleksiak made history in the pool (again), while Andre De Grasse reached the podium on Sunday for his fourth career Olympic medal. Tokyo Olympics 2021: Oleksiak makes history, De Grasse ...
[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]
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