Penny OLEKSIAK
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Swimming
SwimmingEvents and Medals
Penny OLEKSIAK - Schedule
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Thu, 5 Apr
11:00
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Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 1 |
Finished |
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Thu, 5 Apr
12:00
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Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 2 |
Finished |
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Thu, 5 Apr
20:04
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Women's 200m Freestyle Final |
Finished |
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Thu, 5 Apr
21:33
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Women's 100m Butterfly Semifinal 1 |
Finished |
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Thu, 5 Apr
21:50
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Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final |
Finished |
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Fri, 6 Apr
10:53
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Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4 |
Finished |
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Fri, 6 Apr
21:51
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Women's 100m Butterfly Final |
Finished |
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Sat, 7 Apr
11:31
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Women's 50m Butterfly Heat 3 |
Finished |
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Sat, 7 Apr
20:44
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Women's 50m Butterfly Semifinal 2 |
Finished |
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Sat, 7 Apr
21:50
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Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final |
Finished |
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Sun, 8 Apr
11:03
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Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3 |
Finished |
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Sun, 8 Apr
19:59
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Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinal 1 |
Finished |
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Sun, 8 Apr
21:36
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Women's 50m Butterfly Final |
Finished |
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Mon, 9 Apr
21:44
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Women's 100m Freestyle Final |
Finished |
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Tue, 10 Apr
21:43
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Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final |
Finished |
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Biographical Information
Highlights:
| Year | Location | Event | Rank | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Women's 100m Freestyle | 1 | 52.70 |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Women's 100m Butterfly | 2 | 56.46 |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay | 3 | 3:32.89 |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 3 | 7:45.39 |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 5 | 3:55.49 |
| Year | Location | Event | Rank | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Women's 100m Freestyle | 6 | 52.94 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Women's 50m Butterfly | 5 | 25.62 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Women's 100m Butterfly | 4 | 56.94 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay | 4 | 3:33.88 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 4 | 3:54.86 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay | 3 | 3:23.55 |
| 2017 | Budapest, HUN | Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 3 | 3.41.25 |
Hobbies:
Reading, eating, playing with her dogs (swimming.ca, 15 May 2017)
Occupation: Student (cbc.ca, 2016)
Languages spoken: English
Coach:
CLUB: Ben TITLEY (ENG) (swimming.ca, 12 May 2017)
Sporting relatives:
Older brother Jamie plays in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars and won bronze with Team Canada at the 2012 World Juniors. Another older brother, Jake, and sister Hayley are NCAA athletes, as were her parents, Richard and Alison. (olympic.ca, 12 May 2017; theglobeandmail.com, 8 Aug 2016)
Other sports: Tried gymnastics, ballet, volleyball, figure skating, soccer, softball and cross-country running before settling on swimming. (cbc.ca, 2016)
Injuries:
Fractured right elbow in a racing bike fall in the summer of 2015. (cbc.ca, 2016)
Reason: Went to competitive swimming after learning to swim in the backyard pool. (olympic.ca, 12 May 2017)
SENSATION
At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games she won four medals, including gold in the 100m freestyle, at the age of 16. Her 100m time was an Olympic record, Canadian record and world junior record. She became the first Olympic champion born in the 2000s, as well as the first Canadian athlete to win four medals at a single summer Games. (swimming.ca, 31 Jul 2017)
FLAGBEARER
Carried the flag for Canada at the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (olympic.org, 21 Aug 2016; sportsnet.ca, 21 Aug 2016)
FIRST PITCH
Threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game, where she received a standing ovation in September 2016. (cbc.ca, 2016)
LONG ARMS
In the 2014/15 swim season, she grew eight centimetres and gave up on the backstroke, because her "freaky" arms disoriented her technique. Focused on butterfly and freestyle. (cbc.ca, 2016)
AWARDS
Received the 2016 Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s top athlete of the year (swimming.ca, 12 May 2017) and was named Swimming Canada’s Female Swimmer of the Year in 2016. (swimming.ca, 31 Jul 2017)
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Legend
: Gold
: Silver
: Bronze- : Gold Medal Event
: Bronze Medal Event
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