Rebecca Smith (swimmer)

Rebecca Smith
Personal information
Born (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming

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]

Career

2017 season

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]

2018 season

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

References

  1. "Gold Coast 2018 profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. "Heats results". FINA. 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.
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