Michelle Williams (swimmer)
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National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Pretoria, South Africa | 2 January 1991|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club | High Performance Centre - Ontario[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michelle Williams (born January 2, 1991) is a Canadian competition swimmer who specializes in the freestyle in the sprint distances.[2] She won a gold medal in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the 4 x 100 m freestyle and in the 4 x 100 m medley relay.[1] She also won a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 4 x 100 m freestyle. Williams will compete for Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Personal
Williams was born in Pretoria, South Africa and speaks fluent Afrikaans alongside English, she goes back to South Africa to visit her family in Jeffreys Bay.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Olympic team profile". Olympics Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- 1 2 "Michelle Williams". Swim Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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