Rebecca Smith (swimmer)

Rebecca Smith (born 14 March 2000) is a Canadian swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[2][3]

Rebecca Smith
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Club2020 Toronto Titans; 2019 Energy Standard
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Canada
World Championships (LC)
2017 Budapest4×100 m mixed medley
2019 Gwangju4×100 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju4×200 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
2018 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast4×200 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
2017 Indianapolis 4×200 m freestyle
2015 Singapore 4×200 m freestyle
2015 Singapore 4×100 m freestyle

Career

At the 2017 World Championships in Budapest Smith was part of the bronze medal winning team in the 4 × 100 m mixed medley. Later in 2017 Smith was also part of the gold medal 4 × 200 m freestyle 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships team in Indianapolis. In the process the team broke the junior world record and championship record.[4]

In September 2017, Smith was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[5][6]

In the Autumn of 2019 she was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[7] In spring 2020, Smith signed for the newly formed Toronto Titans, the first and only Canadian team in the ISL.[8]

References
  1. "Gold Coast 2018 profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. "Penny Oleksiak, Canada win relay gold at world junior swimming championships". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. "Swimming Canada Nominates 26 Athletes to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games Team". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. "Oleksiak, Masse headline Canadian swim team for Commonwealth Games". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. https://torontotitans.club/
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