Kierra Smith
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| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 1, 1994 Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Energy Standard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kierra Smith(born February 1, 1994) is a Canadianbreaststrokeswimmer.[1]She won a gold medal in the200 m breaststrokeat the2015 Pan American Gamesand a silver medal in the200m breaststrokeat the2018 Commonwealth Games.
Career
[edit]2016 season
[edit]In 2016, she was officially named toCanada's Olympic teamfor the2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
2017 season
[edit]In September 2017, Smith was named toCanada's2018 Commonwealth Gamesteam.[3][4]
International Swimming League
[edit]In the Autumn of 2019 she was member of the inauguralInternational Swimming Leagueswimming for theEnergy Standard International Swim Club,who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[5]
2020 season
[edit]In June 2021, Smith was officially named toCanada's Olympic teamfor the2020 Summer Olympics[6](taking place in 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic)
References
[edit]- ^COC Profile
- ^"Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016".Swimming Canada.April 10, 2016.RetrievedApril 27,2016.
- ^"Swimming Canada Nominates 26 Athletes to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games Team".swimming.ca/.Swimming Canada.September 26, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 27,2017.
- ^"Oleksiak, Masse headline Canadian swim team for Commonwealth Games".cbc.ca/.Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(CBC). September 26, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 27,2017.
- ^"Club Rosters – International Swimming League".Archived fromthe originalon October 22, 2019.RetrievedApril 17,2020.
- ^"Kierra SMITH".Olympics.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
External links
[edit]- Kierra SmithatSwimming Canada
- Kierra SmithatWorld Aquatics
- Kierra Smithat theInternational Swimming League
- Kierra SmithatTeam Canada
- Kierra SmithatOlympics
- Kierra Smithat Olympic.org (archived)
- Kierra SmithatOlympedia
- Kierra Smithat theCommonwealth Games Federation(archived)
- Official website
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Canadian female breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers from Vancouver
- Sportspeople from Kelowna
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games