Savannah King

Savannah King

Personal information
Full name	Savannah King
National team	Canada
Born	June 4, 1992 Scarborough, Ontario
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of British Columbia
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Canada Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4x200 m freestyle 2007 Rio de Janeiro 800 m freestyle

Savannah King (born June 4, 1992) is a competition swimmer from Canada, who competes primarily in the freestyle events. She claimed a bronze medal in the 800-metre freestyle at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also won a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay by participating in the preliminary heats.^[1]

She made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In the 2009 Canadian Spring Nationals in Toronto, King broke the Canadian national records in both the 800-metre freestyle and the 1500-metre freestyle in a 25-metre short course pool with times of 8:19.99 and 16:00.68 respectively. That summer she swam at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, with a best placing of 20th in the 400-metre freestyle. Most recently, King broke the Canadian record and CIS record in the 400-metre freestyle at the 2012 CIS Championships in Montreal with a time of 4:02.76. At the 2012 Olympic Trials in Montreal, Savannah qualified for the 400-metre freestyle with a second-place finish (4:07:02), swimming under the Canadian record time held by Brittney Reimer. Savannah also won the 800-metre free (8:30:79) coming well under the FINA A standard. Her objective at the trials was to qualify for two individual distance events at the London 2012 Olympics.

She currently trains at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.

References

• Canadian Olympic Committee Profile

1. Rio 2007 Swimming Full results Session Three