Emily Overholt

Emily Overholt

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Personal information
Full name Emily Overholt
National team  Canada
Born (1997-10-04) October 4, 1997
Vancouver, British Columbia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club West Vancouver Otters

Emily Overholt (born October 4, 1997)[1] is a Canadian competitive swimmer. She won a silver medal as part of the 4 x 200 freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] Overholt won the bronze medal in 2013 at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships for Canada. She also won three gold and a silver at the 2013 Canada Games as a representative for British Columbia.

Career

Overholt begun swimming at the age of 9 with the West Vancouver Otters.[3] Her main inspiration for being a competitive swimmer was watching Michael Phelps during the 2008 Summer Olympics.[4]

Overholt attended the 2013 Canada Games representing British Columbia as a 15-year-old competitor. There she won gold in the individual 200 m and 400 m medleys while adding a gold and a silver in the 400 m and 200 m freestyle respectively. She next won a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.[3] Overholt's first major competitive podium finish came as part of the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she competed as a sixteen-year-old and helped the relay team win a silver medal.

During the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Overholt won three medals, including a gold in the 400 meter freestyle. The victory occurred less than a day after she was disqualified of a gold medal in the 400m medley for an illegal turn.[4]

Overholt attended Collingwood School. She has signed into the University of British Columbia for a degree in science, but will defer her studies and participation in the UBC Thunderbirds until after the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

Overholt won a bronze at the 2015 World Championships and beat the national record by more than three seconds in the 400 metre individual medley event.[6]

In 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] Despite hampered by a hamstring injury, Overholt qualified for the 400m medley final and finished fifth.[8] When Brittany MacLean could not attend the 4 × 200 m relay qualifying heats due to illness, Overholt replaced her and helped the team reach the finals.[9] Canada went on to win a bronze medal.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Glasgow 2014 profile
  2. ↑ Chase, Sean (3 August 2014). "Commonwealth Games victories for Alyson Ackman". Daily Observer. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 Overholt takes on the world
  4. 1 2 Stars of the Pan Am Games: Emily Overholt inspired Canadians
  5. ↑ Emily Overholt making waves at UBC
  6. ↑ Bowmile, Mitchh (9 August 2015). "Emily Overholt Destroys 400m IM Canadian Record For Bronze". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 August 2015. Overholt put up a time of 4:32.52 to finish third behind world champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary and Maya Di Rado of the United States. That time took a huge 3.32 seconds off Tanya Hunk’s former Canadian record that she set back at the suited 2009 World Championships.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. Swimming Canada. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Canada wins bronze in women's 4x100m freestyle relay
  9. ↑ Resilient relay joins Condorelli in Olympic finals; Oleksiak, Smith Van Landeghem reach semis
  10. ↑ Canadian women win bronze in 4x200 metre swim relay
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