Alyson Ackman

Alyson Ackman
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1993-02-06) February 6, 1993
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Pointe-Claire Swim Club

Alyson Ackman (born February 6, 1993)[2] is a swimmer who competed on the Canadian National Swim Team from 2013-2016. She won a silver medal in the 4 x 200 Freestyle relay and a bronze in the 4 x 100 Freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[3]

At the 2014 FINA Pan Pacific Championships Ackman came 12th in the 200m freestyle, 14th in the 100m freestyle, 18th in the 400m freestyle, 4th in the 4×100 freestyle, and won bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[4]

In 2015 Alyson competed at the Pan American Games and the FINA World Championship (Kazan, Russia). During the Pan American Games, she earned a gold medal in the 4 X 100 Freestyle and in the 4 X 200 Freestyle events.

Alyson captained the Penn State Varsity Team her senior year before graduating with a Bachelor's of Science in Kinesiology. She now lives in Philadelphia, PA with her husband, Luke Synnestvedt.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Alyson Ackman". panam.cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Glasgow 2014 profile
  3. ↑ Chase, Sean (3 August 2014). "Commonwealth Games victories for Alyson Ackman". Daily Observer. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alyson Ackman". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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