Jade Hannah

Jade Hannah (born 24 January 2002) is a Canadian swimmer. She competed at the 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis where she was part of a Canadian team that set the junior world record and championship record in the girl's 4×100 m medley. In total Hannah won four medals at the world junior championships, including three gold and one bronze. She was the reigning junior co-world champion in the 50 m backstroke and won a bronze in the 100 m backstroke.[2] Hannah added to her world junior medal haul when she added two golds at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, as well as a silver in the 50 m backstroke.[3] She also won two more bronze in the 4×100 m medley and 4×100 m mixed medley. This brought her career world junior total to five gold, one sliver and three bronze medals, a sum of nine in all. At the age of 14 in September 2016, Hannah and her mother made the move from her hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia in order to train with High Performance Center in Victoria, BC. June of 2020, Hannah moved to Toronto to train at the High Performance centre under Ben Titley at one of Canada's elite training facilities for the country's top swimmers.[2]

Jade Hannah
Personal information
Nickname(s)J
NationalityBermudian/ Canadian
Born (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002
Paget, Bermuda
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubHalifax Trojan Club[1]
CoachBen Titley

Career

In September 2017, Hannah was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[4][5]

Personal bests

Long course (50 m pool)
Event Time[1] Venue Date Notes
50 m backstroke 27.91 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 24 August 2019
100 m backstroke 59.62 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 24 August 2017
200 m backstroke 2:09.28 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 22 August 2019

Short course (25 m pool)
Event Time[1] Venue Date Notes
50 m backstroke 27.09 Ontario Junior International 15 December 2017
100 m backstroke 58.22 Ontario Junior International 16 December 2017
200 m backstroke 2:06.65 Ontario Junior International 17 December 2017

References
  1. "Jade Hannah profile". Swimming Canada. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. Paul Palmeter (28 August 2017). "Nova Scotian swims to gold medal at World Junior Championships". CBC Sports.
  3. "Jade Hannah wins second gold at world junior swimming championships". The Chronicle Herald. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. "Swimming Canada Nominates 26 Athletes to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games Team". Swimming Canada. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. "Oleksiak, Masse headline Canadian swim team for Commonwealth Games". CBC. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2019.


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