Sydney Pickrem

Sydney Pickrem
Personal information
Nationality Canadian & American[1]
Born (1997-05-21) May 21, 1997
Oldsmar, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual Medley, Backstroke
Club C.N. St-Jérôme
College team Texas A&M University

Sydney Pickrem (born in May 21, 1997) in Oldsmar, Florida, is a Canadian swimmer.[2][3]

Career

Sydney Pickrem made her first senior national team in 2014, winning bronze medals in the 200-m and 400-m individual medley at Canadian Swimming Trials to earn spots at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

Pickrem, who specializes in the backstroke and individual medley, was selected to the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. In 2013 she represented Canada at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in January where she won four medals: gold in the 200-m backstroke and 200-m IM, and silver in the 400-m IM and 200-m breaststroke. At the 4th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai, Pickrem won a bronze in the 200-m IM.[4]

In 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

References

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